Is job insecurity a risk factor in occupational health and safety?

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-179

  Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a   Iversen, Hilde ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Job insecurity; Job satisfaction; Occupational health and safety; On the job behaviour; Risk behaviour; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846633680     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011729     Document Type: Article

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