Supportive colleague, unsupportive supervisor: The role of provider-specific constellations of social support at work in the development of low back pain

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-140

  Elfering, Achim ^a   Semmer, Norbert K ^a   Schade, Volker ^a   Grund, Sven ^a,c   Boos, Norbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036547490     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.7.2.130     Document Type: Article

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