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April 1, 2006Journal of Health Management

A Comparative Study of Role Stress in Government and Private Hospital Nurses

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Comparative study investigates role stress in government and private hospital nurses, highlighting gender differences.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore the impact of role stress on nursing professionals in government and private hospitals.
  • Sample size of 120 nursing professionals from both government and private hospitals.
  • Utilized the Organisational Role Stress Scale by Pareek (1981) for assessment.
  • Compared stress levels between male and female nurses in different hospital settings.
  • Male nurses exhibited significantly higher role stress compared to female nurses.
  • In private hospitals, male nurses reported higher stress across eight out of ten dimensions of the Organisational Role Stress Scale.
  • The findings suggest gender-based variability in experiencing occupational stress among nursing professionals.

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Geetika Tankha (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fa74392676d5461fcee36https://doi.org/10.1177/097206340500800102
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