The relationship between occupational stress and locus of control among nurses

dc.contributor.advisorCarrim, Nasima M.H.en
dc.contributor.advisorBasson, Johan Schutteen
dc.contributor.emailmelissa.vanniekerk26@gmail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan Niekerk, Melissaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T15:29:47Z
dc.date.available2012-05-15en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T15:29:47Z
dc.date.created2012-04-12en
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.date.submitted2011-11-09en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2011.en
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to explore the relationship between occupational stress and locus of control, to analyse and investigate the nature of nurses’ work and to determine the sources of stress and how they influence the nurses’ work environment and personal lives. The Work and Life Circumstances Questionnaire (WLQ) and Rotter’s 23-item scale were applied in a probability, simple random sample consisting of 302 South African nursing students and nurses currently employed in the private and public healthcare sector. Significant relationships were observed between the variables. Supporting evidence indicates that there is a negative correlation between occupational stress and locus of control. The results further indicate significant differences among the different locus of control orientations and the participants perceived level of stress; as well as a difference in the correlations between occupational stress and demographics such as marital status, working time and occupational level. Finally, the researcher was able to determine which stressors cause the highest level of stress among the participants. The findings should contribute valuable new information to the employee well-being literature and human resource management practices relating to employee assistance programmes, employee well-being and the retention of staff, especially in the healthcare sector. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentHuman Resource Managementen
dc.identifier.citationVan Niekerk, M, 2011, The relationship between occupational stress and locus of control among nurses , MCom dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29362 >en
dc.identifier.otherC12/4/2/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11092011-155428/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/29362
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectBiopsychological model of stressen
dc.subjectPerson-environment fit modelen
dc.subjectOccupational stressen
dc.subjectNurses’ work environmenten
dc.subjectNursesen
dc.subjectExternalen
dc.subjectExternal locus of controlen
dc.subjectInternalen
dc.subjectInternal locus of controlen
dc.subjectLocus of controlen
dc.subjectAttribution theoryen
dc.subjectSocial learning theoryen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleThe relationship between occupational stress and locus of control among nursesen
dc.typeDissertationen

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