Building health promoting work settings: Identifying the relationship between work characteristics and occupational stress in Australia

Health Promotion International

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-359

  Noblet, Andrew ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health promoting settings; Occupational stress; Workplace health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH PROMOTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0346257887     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dag407     Document Type: Article

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