Control, stress, and job satisfaction in Canadian nurses.

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• Personal Author:
  Hurrell, Joseph J. Jr. ; McLaney MA
• Description:
  The effects of control (task, decision, resource and physical environment) on job satisfaction were studied in Canadian nurses. The interaction of control, job satisfaction and job stressors were included. Questionnaires were mailed randomly to 1400 union members. The response rate was 48 percent. There were 96 percent women, 80 percent were general duty or staff nurses and 73 percent were employed in a hospital setting. There was no effect of age or educational level on job satisfaction. Job satisfaction was found to be dependent on job control. Increases in task control, resource control and control over physical environment led to increases in job satisfaction. Job demands were important in job satisfaction but did not interact with control domain. None of the stressor by control interactions were significant. Decision control was not an important factor in job satisfaction for nurses. The authors conclude that the importance of decision control may be based on the occupation studied. Nurses may not have a high degree of decision making power since the patients physician has ultimate control. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Control Decision Latitude Emotional-stress Health-care-personnel Job-stress Job Satisfaction NIOSH-Author Nursing Occupational-psychology Professional-workers Task Demands

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• ISSN:
  0267-8373
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  217-224
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00183757
• Citation:
  Work Stress 1988 Jul-Sep; 2(3):217-224
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Work and Stress
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ba72c810ad085c47e4eef5d4522b01f4dde21977f7d26f850463eec8a3eb93ff32e0f879561c00ea91fa6f94baca0d058ed045b16e2c910459736c8b47120aab
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185670/cdc_185670_DS1.pdf
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