Stress in the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industries: An organizational approach to stress control

Stress Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Sutherland, Valerie J ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Offshore oil and gas industry; Primary stress prevention; Stress audit; Work redesign

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030025922     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1700(199601)12:1<27::AID-SMI675>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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