Job stress in the service industry. Evaluation of the Italian version of the Job Content Questionnaire;La percezione dello stress nel terziario: Utilità e indicazioni del Job Content Questionnaire

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-199

  Ferrario, Marco ^a   Fornari, Carla ^b   Borchini, Rossana ^a   Merluzzi, Franca ^c   Cesana, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment of occupational exposures; Italy; Job stress; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; ITALY; JOB STRESS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VALIDITY; ADULT; BURNOUT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33644800071     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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