background: few studies have examined the relationship between perceived responsibilities by workers and job characteristics and experiences of stress. objective: to examine the relationship between job stress and work responsibilities and job characteristics. methods: we analyzed data from 2737 adults who were labor force participants in the province of alberta, canada. a logistic regression m...

background: nursing is a stressful job that has serious consequences to create physical and psychological disorders. the present study examined relation between job stress and resiliency with burnout among nurses in rasht state hospitals. methods: 124 experiensed nurses who have been working in emergency, surgery, gynecology, pediatric and cardiology wards were studied. data was collected using...

Locus of Control (LOC) concept was evolved from social learning theory of personality in the form of reinforcement. Rotter coined the term in relation to learned behavior and the reinforcement of such behavior. In the light of the phenomenon, individuals come to hold beliefs about the cause of their actions, and these beliefs then guide their attitudes and behavior for future actions. Job stres...

Background and objective: Nursing is an extremely stressful job and nurses face a variety of personal, organizational and communicational stresses which negatively affect their health and their job satisfaction. Accordingly, the present study was done to determine the level of job stress among nurses in intensive care units. Methods: In this analytical descriptive and cross sectional study, 175...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job stress with personality characteristics and organizational commitment. This study is descriptive and correlational. The study population comprised all nurses in 13-Aban hospital of Ghods city. The sample group consisted of 120 nurses who were selected through convenience sampling. Research instruments were HSE job stress ques...

To test hypotheses derived from Conservation of Resources Theory (COR), research showing the ameliorative effects of a short respite from work on job stress and strain was replicated among academics on a protracted respite–Sabbatical leave. In a quasi-experiment, 16 faculty members from 10 universities in three countries completed measures of job stress, strain and coping resources before, duri...

Background: Job stress is one of the most important diseases of the century, plays a major role in today's organizations which researchers are trying to control and reduce it. One method for control and reduce of stress is hidden in job and its characteristics. Nursing students are faced continually with one of the stressful job. Hackman & Oldham Job Characteristics Model is famous theory in th...