Internal locus of control and choice in health service shift workers

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1485-1502

  Smith, L ^a   Jeppesen, H J ^b   Boggild H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Choice; Coping; Health; Internal locus of control; Shift work

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

COPING STRATEGIES; SHIFT WORK-SPECIFIC LOCUS OF CONTROL; SHIFT WORKING;

HEALTH HAZARDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SHIFT WORKER; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 34547548859     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701365732     Document Type: Article

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