Workload, work stress, and sickness absence in Swedish male and female white-collar employees

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-246

  Krantz, Gunilla ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict between demands; gender differences; sickness absence; total workload; white collar employees; work stress; work home conflict

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33744924493     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500327372     Document Type: Article

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