Managing the work-life roller-coaster: Private stress or public health issue?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1142-1153

  Bryson, Lois ^a   Warner Smith, Penny ^b   Brown, Peter ^c   Fray, Leanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Control; Gender; Managing life tensions; Managing work; Women; Work and health

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34547845287     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.027     Document Type: Article

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