title: Understanding well-being and learning of Nigerian nurses: a job demand control support model approach.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated whether Nigerian nurses' emotional exhaustion and active learning were predicted by job demands, control and social support.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Limited research has been conducted concerning nurses' work stress in developing countries, such as Nigeria. Accordingly, it is not clear whether work interventions for improving nurses' well-being in these countries can be based on work stress models that are developed in Western countries, such as the job demand control support model, as well as on empirical findings of job demand control support research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurses from Nurses Across the Borders Nigeria were invited to complete an online questionnaire containing validated scales; 210 questionnaires were fully completed and analysed. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Emotional exhaustion was higher for nurses who experienced high demands and low supervisor support. Active learning occurred when nurses worked under conditions of high control and high supervisor support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggest that the job demand control support model is applicable in a Nigerian nursing situation; the model indicates which occupational stressors contribute to poor well-being in Nigerian nurses and which work characteristics may boost nurses' active learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Job (re)design interventions can enhance nurses' well-being and learning by guarding nurses' job demands, and stimulating job control and supervisor support.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van Doorn
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands. joris.vanruysseveldt@ou.nl.
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Ruysseveldt
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Dam
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Wilhelm
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mistiaen
authors.affiliation: East Anglia University, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nikolova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Nigeria; active learning; emotional exhaustion; job demand control support-model; nurses