Job strain, effort-reward imbalance and employee well-being: A large- scale cross-sectional study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1317-1327

  De Jonge, Jan ^a   Bosma, Hans ^b   Peter, Richard ^c   Siegrist, Johannes ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance; Employee well being; Job strain; Overcommitment; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; STRESS; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; REWARD; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033951446     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00388-3     Document Type: Article

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