Correlates of employees' perceptions of a healthy work environment

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 390-399

  Lowe, Graham S ^a   Schellenberg, Grant ^b   Shannon, Harry S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Policy Research Networks   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employment Conditions; Prevention Research; Survey; Work Organization; Workplace Health

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; REWARD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0037587804     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-17.6.390     Document Type: Article

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