Association between organizational inequity and incidence of psychiatric disorders in female employees

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-326

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Elovainio, M ^a,b   Vahtera, J ^a,b   Virtanen, M ^a,b   Stansfeld, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037321572     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291702006591     Document Type: Article

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