Social structures, agent personality and workers' mental health:A longitudinal analysis of the specific role of occupation and of workplace constraints-resources on psychological distress in the Canadian workforce

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 875-901

  Marchand, Alain ^a   Demers, Andrée ^a,b   Durand, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Multilevel models; Occupations; Psychological distress; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746049213     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706067595     Document Type: Article

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