Human costs of organizational downsizing: Comparing health trends between leavers and stayers

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Virtanen, Marianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment; Longitudinal studies; Occupational diseases; Organizational change; Personnel downsizing; Socioeconomic determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; BURNOUT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1542540343     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025642806557     Document Type: Article

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