A study of well-being among a population of Swedish workers using a job-related criterion-referenced multidimensional vocational assessment

Work

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-107

  Söderback, Ingrid ^a,b,d   Jacobs, Karen ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capacity for work; Occupational performance; Occupational rehabilitation; Occupational therapy; Prevention; Public health; Skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VOCATION; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033983115     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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