PURPOSE To investigate forms of abusive supervision, namely personal attacks, task attacks, and isolation, and their links to outcomes for nurses, including job satisfaction, psychological strain, and intentions to quit. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey design. Data collected from July to November 2012. METHODS Two hundred and fifty public sector nurses employed at five general acute Australia...

Purpose: To investigate forms of abusive supervision, namely personal attacks, task attacks and isolation, and their links to outcomes for nurses, including job satisfaction, psychological strain and intentions to quit. Design: Cross-sectional survey design. Data collected from July to November 2012. Methods: Two hundred and fifty public sector nurses employed at five general acute Australian h...

Research has demonstrated that hope is linked to better psychological well-being; however, little research has been conducted to examine the mechanisms underlying the link between hope and psychological well-being. The current study examined whether two types of self-esteem (personal and relational) would mediate the relationship between four loci-of-hope (internal, family, peers, and spiritual...

OBJECTIVE Being a mother has become a realizable life role for women with disabilities and chronic illnesses, including multiple sclerosis (MS). Identifying psychosocial factors that facilitate participation in important life roles-including motherhood-is essential to help women have fuller lives despite the challenge of their illness. By integrating the International Classification of Function...

Resumen Background: The main aim of this study was to explore the relationships between personal self-concept and satisfaction with life, with the latter as the key indicator for personal adjustment. The study tests a structural model which encompasses four dimensions of self-concept: self-fulfi llment, autonomy, honesty and emotions. Method: The 801 participants in the study, all of whom were ...

buyer commitment to an exchange relation is a key issue in industrial marketing. commitment to an exchange has several benefits for buyer and seller such as increasing exchange efficiency, decreasing exchange cost and uncertainty. this article investigates commitment in b2b relationships from perspective of purchasing department managers. in the present study the satisfaction effects of purchas...

Digital Diorama may be briefly presented as: a historical exploration of the vision devices, performances, and installations of the nineteenth century, and their influences on the project. These histories of the magic lantern, the panorama, and the diorama are investigated in relation to forming a context for creating an interactive environment with digital video on a personal computer. Critica...

BACKGROUND The main aim of this study was to explore the relationships between personal self-concept and satisfaction with life, with the latter as the key indicator for personal adjustment. The study tests a structural model which encompasses four dimensions of self-concept: self-fulfillment, autonomy, honesty and emotions. METHOD The 801 participants in the study, all of whom were aged betw...

Job satisfaction can be defined as "the extent to which people like or dislike their jobs". This definition suggests job satisfaction is a general or global affective reaction that individuals hold about their job. Family Roles are patterns of behavior by which individuals fulfill family functions and needs. Family role changes may affect their daily activities including a person’s work. Unlike...