Psychosocial Resources in Health Care Systems

Table of Contents

Preface

Part I Health Care for Special Processes

Interaction, Work-load, Health and Work Design in Nursing for the Elderly --- Jürgen Glaser, Bettina Lampert & Matthias Weigl

Structural and Procedural Factors in Outpatient Nursing Care Services related to Client Satisfaction --- Liselotte Boucsein, Wolfram Boucsein & Dieter Grunow

Nursing Turnover Intentions in Relation to the Contextual Factors, Team Climate and Organisational Commitment in Long-Term Care Units --- Laura Pekkarinen, Timo Sinervo, Marko Elovainio, Anja Noro & Harriet Finne-Soveri

Is there an Optimal Size for Health-Care Teams? Effects on Team Climate for Innovation and Performance --- Angel Barrasa, Michael A. West & Francisco Gil

Predictors of Work Ability in Teachers and Office Workers --- Reingard Seibt, Lars Luetzkendorf & Marleen Thinschmidt

Employee’s Affective Commitment and Propensity to leave in Human Services. The Role of Perceived Organizational Support and Psychological Contract. --- Jose Maria. Peiró, Yolanda Estreder, Jose Ramos, Amparo Caballer & Francisco Gracia

Part II Stress and Organizational Factors

Towards Strategic Stress Management in the Workplace: Stress in Medical Doctors’ Professions --- Anna B. Leonova

Job Demand – Control and Effort-Reward Models, and Burnout in Hospitals --- Peter Richter, Alexander Stoll & Holger Pfaff

Non-linear Associations between Job Features and Wellbeing? Cross-Sectional Data from the Whitehall II Study --- Leif W. Rydstedt & Jenny Head

Validation of the Dutch Questionnaire on Emotional Labor (D-QEL) in Nurses and Teachers --- Gérard Näring, Mariette Briët & André Brouwers

Part III Knowledge Work and Competence Training

A test of the Social Active Learning Hypothesis among Beginning Teachers --- Katrien Vermeulen, Peter Vlerick, Antonia Aelterman & Isabel Rots

The Management of Employees with common Mental Health problems: Occupational Physician or Psychologist? --- David S. Rebergen, David J. Bruinvels

Competence Development and Well-being of Hospital Nursing Personnel during Organizational Restructuring --- Kari Lindström & Matti Joensuu

Knowledge Utilization in Health Care: Roles, Facilitators, and Barriers --- Michael P. Leiter

Knowledge Work in Human Services – A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study --- Winfried Hacker & Peggy Looks

List of Contributors