The impact of moderate and major workplace expansion and downsizing on the psychosocial and physical work environment and income in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Westerlund, Hugo ^b   Oxenstierna, Gabriel ^b   Theorell, Töres ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Downsizing; expansion; income; organizational change; physical hazards; psychosocial work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MANPOWER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33847272593     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600813073     Document Type: Article

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