“I Just Can’t Take It Anymore”: How Specific Work Characteristics Impact Younger Versus Older Nurses’ Health, Satisfaction, and Commitment

Given the increasing shortage of active nurses in industrialized countries throughout the world, it is of utmost importance to protect their health, satisfaction, and commitment so that they can continue working in their healthcare institution. Building upon the proposed pattern of specific relationships developed by Houkes et al. (2003), we investigated a model of relationships among working conditions (quantitative, emotional, and physical...