title: Effects of hospital restructuring on full time and part time nursing staff in Ontario.
abstract: This study examined the effects of hospital restructuring and downsizing on full-time and part-time nursing staff. Data were collected from 1362 nursing staff, a 35% response rate, using anonymous questionnaires. Measures included personal and situational characteristics, hospital restructuring and downsizing variables, work outcomes and psychological well-being indicators, and work-family experiences. Although full and part-time nurses were significantly different on most personal and demographic characteristics, both groups experienced and described hospital restructuring and downsizing similarly. Full-time nurses reported greater emotional exhaustion and poorer health and indicated greater absenteeism and lower intention to quit.
authors.affiliation: York University, Schulich School of Business, Organizational Behaviour, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Greenglass
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional; D003142:Communication; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009864:Ontario; D020415:Personnel Downsizing; D010559:Personnel Management; D012944:Social Support