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Gendered Experiences of Nursing Job Demands and Resources

Barlow, Katherine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1601381955067164

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2020, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology.
Nursing is an extremely demanding occupation, with challenges ranging from physical demands of lifting and patient aggression to psychological and organizational demands of coworker incivility, time pressure, and understaffing. Past research has not answered the question of how demanding requirements are distributed between male and female nurses in this predominantly female profession. Gender theory research has indicated that men and women often have very different experiences at work due to stereotypes of masculinity, femininity, and traditional work roles. Therefore, this research utilizes the job demands and resources model to examine the different ways that male and female nurses experience negative demands, helpful resources, and physical, psychological, and attitudinal outcomes. Male nurses reported greater physical and interpersonal job demands as well as greater supervisor support than their female colleagues, while female nurses reported greater demands related to understaffing and long work shifts as well as more social support. Male nurses showed higher levels of stress, intent to leave nursing, and injury frequency, while female nurses report more frequent instances of pain. Implications for gendered occupations, health and safety, and interventions are discussed.
Clare Barratt, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Margaret Brooks, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
William O'Brien, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
71 p.
Psychology
Nursing; Nurses; Job Demands; Job Resources; Burnout; Gender; Occupational Health Psychology

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  • Barlow, K. (2020). Gendered Experiences of Nursing Job Demands and Resources [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1601381955067164

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Barlow, Katherine. Gendered Experiences of Nursing Job Demands and Resources. 2020. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1601381955067164.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Barlow, Katherine. "Gendered Experiences of Nursing Job Demands and Resources." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1601381955067164

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