Effort-reward imbalance at work and driving anger in an Australian community sample: Is there a link between work stress and road rage?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1286-1295

  Hoggan, Benjamin L ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^a  

^a School of Psychology Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving anger; Effort reward imbalance (ERI) model; Overcommitment; Road rage; Stress and public health; Work stress

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL;

DRIVING ANGER; EFFORT-REWARD IMBALANCE (ERI) MODEL; OVERCOMMITMENT; ROAD RAGE; STRESS AND PUBLIC HEALTH; WORK STRESS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAGE; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RAGE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34848865649     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.014     Document Type: Article

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