Locus of control and its relationship with vocational rehabilitation of unemployed sick leaves in Sweden

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  Millet, Patrick ^a,b   Sandberg, Karl W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Locus of control; Outcomes; Vocational rehabilitation programs

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0142186647     PISSN: 10522263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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