The effect of objective job demands on registered sickness absence spells; do personal, social and job-related resources act as moderators?

Work and Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 286-308

  Uutela, Antti ^b   Pentti, Jaana ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Family size; Job control; Job demands; Occupational level; Sense of coherence; Sickness absenteeism; Social support

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030425047     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379608256809     Document Type: Article

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