Modelling occupational stress and health: The IMPACT of the demandcontrol model on academic research and on workplace practice

Stress Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Jones, Fiona ^a   Bright, Jim E H ^a   Searle, Ben ^a   Cooper, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand control model; Job strain; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TENSION; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031737219     PISSN: 07488386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1700(1998100)14:4<231::aid-smi802>3.0.co;2-x     Document Type: Article

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