Job characteristics as predictors of ill-health and sickness absenteeism in different occupational types - A multigroup structural equation modelling approach

Work and Stress

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 229-250

  Pousette, Anders ^a,b   Hanse, Jan Johansson ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ill health; Multigroup structural equation modelling; Sickness absenteeism; Stress; Workload

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; ELDERLY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SKILL; STRESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036663932     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370210162737     Document Type: Article

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