Associations between stress at work and attitudes towards retirement in hospital physicians

Work and Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-185

  Sutinen, Risto ^a,b   Kivimäki, Mika ^c,d   Elovainio, Marko ^e   Forma, Pauli ^f  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Sjöbo Vårdcentral ^*  (Sweden)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Local Government Pensions Institution   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hospital physicians; Retirement thoughts; Social support; Work characteristics; Work stress; Work related health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STRESS; TEAMWORK; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 23444447409     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370500151760     Document Type: Article

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