A meta-analysis of the relationship between job satisfaction and employee health in Hong Kong

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-95

  Cass, Monica H ^a   Siu, Oi Ling ^b   Faragher, E Brian ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0038748424     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.959     Document Type: Review

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