Comparing three alternative types of employment with permanent full-time work: How do employment contract and perceived job conditions relate to health complaints?

Work and Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-318

  Bernhard Oettel, Claudia ^a   Sverke, Magnus ^b   De Witte, Hans ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative employment; Health complaints; Job control; Job demands; Job insecurity; Part time work; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING; WORK; WORKER;

EID: 28844489479     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370500408723     Document Type: Article

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