Survivors and victims of hospital restructuring and downsizing: who are the real victims?
This study reports the results of a longitudinal study of the effects of hospital restructuring and downsizing on nursing staff satisfaction and psychological well-being. Participants completed questionnaires in November 1996 and November 1999. All were employed as hospital-based nurses in 1996 but some had left hospital nursing for other jobs by 1999. Nurses still employed in hospital settings (N=744) were compared with nurses now employed elsewhere (N=74). Hospital-based nursing staff reported less job satisfaction, more absenteeism, greater psychological burnout and poorer psychological well-being than nurses now employed elsewhere.
Organizational Behaviour & Ind Rel., Schulich School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ont., Canada M3J 1P3.
Ronald J
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Burke
D000041:Absenteeism; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009864:Ontario; D020415:Personnel Downsizing / Q000523:psychology*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce