Psychosocial work environment and mental health among travelling salespeople

Work and Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-143

  Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mental health; Psychosocial factors; Short Form 36 questionnaire (SF 36); Travelling salespeople; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MARKETING; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032826661     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026783799296101     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BORG, V., ØRNEDE, E., & SKOV, T., (1995). Sœlgernes arbejdsmiljø. Copenhagen: Arbejdsmiljøifondet.
2. BORG, V., & BURR, H. (1997). Danske lønmodtageres arbejdsmiljø 1990-95. Copenhagen: Arbejdsmiljøinstituttet.
3. BOWLING, A. (1991). Measuring Health. A Review of Quality of Life Measuring Scales. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
4. FRESE, M., & ZAPF, D. (1988). Methodological issues of work stress: objective versus subjective measurement of work stress and the question of longitudinal studies. In C. L. Cooper et al. (Eds.), Coping and Consequences of Stress at Work (pp. 375-411). Chichester: John Wiley.
5. GOLDBERG, D. P. (1972). The Detection of Psychiatric Illness by Questionnaire. London: Oxford University Press.
6. IVANCEVICH, J. M., & DONNELY, J. H. (1974). A study of role clarity and need for clarity for three occupational groups. Academy of Management Journal, 17, 28-36.
7. IVANCEVICH, J. M., & DONNELY, J. H. (1975). Relation of organizational stucture to job satisfaction, anxiety-stress, and performance. Administrative Science Quarterly, 20, 272-280.
8. KASL, S. V. (1987). Methodologies in stress and health: past difficulties, present dilemmas, future directions. In S. V. Kasl & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Stress and Health: Issues in Research Methodology (pp. 307-318). Chichester: John Wiley.
9. LAGACE, R. R. (1988). Role-stress differences between salespeople and saleswomen: effect on job satisfaction and performance. Psychological Report, 62, 815-825.
10. LECLERC, A., PIETRI, F., BOÏTEL, L., CHASTANG, J.-F., CARVAL, P., & BLONDET, M. (1992). Level of education, lifestyle, and morbidity in two groups of white collar workers. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 46, 403-408.
11. MARMOT, M. G., SMITH. G. D., STANSFELD, S., PATEL, C., NORTH, F., HEAD, J., WHITE, I., BRUNNER, E., & FEENEY, A. (1991). Health inequalities among British civil servants: the Whitehall II study. The Lancet, 337, 1387-1393.
12. NORD-LARSEN, M., ØRHEDE, E., NIELSEN, J., & BURR, H. (1992). Lønmodtagernes arbejdsmiljø 1990. Copenhagen: Arbejdsmiljøfondet.
13. PIETRI, F., LECLERC, A., BOÏTEL, L., CHASTANG, J.-F., CARVAL, P., MORCT, J.-F., & BLONDET, M. (1992). Low-back pain in commercial travellers. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 18, 52-58.
14. RIZZO, J. R., HOUSE, F. J, & LIRTZMAN, S. I. (1970). Role conflict and ambiguity in complex organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 15, 150-163.
15. WARE, J. E. (1993). SF-36: a valid, reliable assessment of health from the patient's point of view. British Medical Journal, 306, 1429-1430.
16. WARE, J. E., & SHERBOURNE, C. D. (1992). The MOS 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Medical Care, 30, 473-483.
17. WARE, J. E., GANDER, B., The IQOLA PROJECT GROUP (1994). The SF-36 health survey: development and use in mental health research and the IQOLA Project. International Journal of Mental Health, 23, 49-73.
18. WARE, J. E , SNOW, K. K., KOSINSKI, M., & GANDEK, B. (1993). SF-36 Health Survey Manual and Interpretation Guide. Boston, MA: New England Medical Center, The Health Institute.