Also, the mediation of work satisfaction between perceived work stress and turnover intentions is known in the literature. Our findings that work stress does not directly affect turnover intentions could be explained by stress creating negative feelings manifested in reduction of the worker’s satisfaction. Turover intentions reflect the individual’s attempt to cope with these negative feelings by means of psychological withdrawal. Support of this explanation can be found in Lazarus’ process approach to coping with stress, namely that an individual that is exposed to stress performs: (a) primary appraisal the individual perceives and interprets the significance of the encounter with the stressor as damaging, threatening, or challenging; (b) secondary appraisal the individual evaluates possible response options to the damage, threat, or challenge. Subsequent emotions are rooted in the secondary appraisal. As stated, individuals that suffer from constant depletion of their resources perceive the chance for change as slim. Evaluation of response options becomes limited and raises negative feelings that are the ingredients of dissatisfaction. Thus, the individual concludes that action must be taken on oneself, while adjusting and accepting the stress situation or, alternatively, with drawing from it, as is suggested in this model. widely-accepted definition of work satisfaction, and applying it to the present study’s variables, it can be said that after the work is evaluated as stressful (due to demands from the doctors), an emotional reaction to work events is formed as are work-related behaviour intentions.