Gender Differences in Nursing Job Demands and Resources

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• Personal Author:
  Barlow K ; Barratt C
• Description:
  Background: Gender in Nursing: 90% of nurses are female; 73% of male nurses report hesitations to pursuing nursing education due to stereotypes; Half of male nurses report being "used as muscle"; Female nurses report greater caregiver burden and time pressure. Job Demands-Resources Theory: Job demands lead to increased burnout, exhaustion, disengagement; Physical workload, time pressure, shift work, harsh contact with patients, etc.; Resources decrease burnout, exhaustion, disengagement and mitigate negative effects of demands; Feedback, autonomy, supervisor support, social support, rewards, etc. Objectives: Identify areas of differential demands and/or preferential treatment based on gender. Examine how historically privileged groups operate when working as minorities in a field. Understand health and workplace outcomes of job demands and resources that may affect men and women differently. Point to areas for intervention in preventing injury, turnover, and burnout. Hypotheses: Hypothesis 1a: Male nurses will report experiencing greater physical workload demands. Hypothesis 1b: Female nurses will report greater time pressure and caregiver burden demands. Hypothesis 2: Greater job demands will relate positively to experience burnout, such that for those with greater frequency and intensity of job demands, more experienced burnout will be reported. Hypothesis 3a: The job demands-burnout relationship will be moderated by job resources such that for those experiencing greater job resources, the negative effects of greater job demands will be mitigated. Hypothesis 3b: Male nurses will report greater job resources of autonomy, social support, and supervisor support. Hypothesis 4: Male nurses will report lower experienced burnout as a result of these greater job resources Hypothesis 5: Reported burnout will be positively related to injury frequency, pain experienced, intent to leave current job, and intent to leave the field of nursing. Research Design: Planned recruitment of 150 male and 150 female nurses via email through Ohio Board of Nursing and American Association of Men in Nursing; Cross-sectional, online survey design taking approximately 40 minutes for $25 incentive; Survey framed as "Nursing Job Demands" and demographics asked last to avoid undue influence. Future Directions: Targeted intervention based on differential job demands by gender; Supervisor bias training to reduce gendered job expectations; Guidance on gender biases in hiring, promotion, compensation; Differing demands and resources for minorities, younger/older, LGBT nurses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  Gender Factors Job Design Nurses Nursing Worker Health Work Experience
• Publisher:
  University of Cincinnati
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054906
• Citation:
  19th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 11-12, 2018, Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, 2018 Oct; :1
• Email:
  uebelcm@mail.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  19th Annual Pilot Research Project Symposium, University of Cincinnati Education and Research Center, October 11-12, 2018, Cincinnati, Ohio
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217318/cdc_217318_DS1.pdf
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