The joint effects of noise, job complexity, and gender on employee sickness absence: An exploratory study across 21 organizations - The CORDIS study

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-144

  Fried, Yitzhak ^a   Melamed, Samuel ^b   Ben David, Haim A ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Inst of Occup Environmental   (Israel)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0036083961     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/09631790260098181     Document Type: Article

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