Are intrinsic motivational factors of work associated with functional incapacity similarly regardless of the country?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 858-863

  Vaananen A ^a   Pahkin, K ^a   Huuhtanen, P ^a   Kivimaki M ^b   Vahtera, J ^a   Theorell, T ^c   Kalimo, R ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CANADA; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVATE SECTOR; SWEDEN; WORK;

EID: 25444489306     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.030106     Document Type: Article

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