Beyond demand and control: The contribution of organizational risk factors in assessing the psychological well-being of health care employees

Work and Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Akerboom, S ^a   Maes, S ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care providers; Job demand control( support) model; Occupational stress; Organizational risk factors; Psychological well being; Risk assessment; Tripod model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB DEMAND CONTROL SUPPORT MODEL; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROCESS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAFF; TRIPOD MODEL; WELLBEING;

EID: 33745685134     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370600690915     Document Type: Article

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