title: Individual hardiness and staff satisfaction.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to review the literature regarding job satisfaction and how it relates to an individual's characteristics. Nurses experience a complex interplay among stressors and mediating variables. How these variables and stressors interact differently among individuals is described.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, St. Cloud, MN, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schwab
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support