The job demand-control(-support) model and physical health outcomes: A review of the strain and buffer hypotheses

Psychology and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 909-936

  Van Doef, Margot Der ^a   Maes, Stan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job demand control model; Job demand control support model; Job strain; Physical health; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032251829     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449808407440     Document Type: Article

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