Psychosocial work environments and psychological strain among Korean factory workers

Stress and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Park, Kyoung Ok ^a   Wilson, Mark G ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Factory workers; Job satisfaction; Psychological strain; Social relationship; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; KOREA; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0041418094     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.968     Document Type: Article

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