Appraised leadership styles, psychosocial work factors, and musculoskeletal pain among public employees

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-30

  Fjell, Ylva ^a,b   Österberg, Mia ^a   Alexanderson, Kristina ^b   Karlqvist, Lena ^a   Bildt, Carina ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Leadership styles; Musculoskeletal pain; Psychosocial work factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548082764     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0189-9     Document Type: Article

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