Work locus of control and its relationship to health and job satisfaction from a gender perspective

Stress and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-28

  Muhonen, Tuija ^a   Torkelson, Eva ^b  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health; Job satisfaction; Work locus of control

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1342305358     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.994     Document Type: Article

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