The health effects of major organisational change and job insecurity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-254

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; JOB INSECURITY; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OFFICE WORKER; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

UK;

EID: 0031972717     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00158-5     Document Type: Article

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