Changes of subjective stress and stress-related symptoms after a merger announcement: A longitudinal study in a merger-planning company in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-187

  Haruyama, Yasuo ^a   Muto, Takashi ^a   Ichimura, Kumiko ^b   Yan, Yoko ^c   Fukuda, Hiroshi ^c  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employees; Merger; Stress; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOKYO;

EID: 41949111602     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.183     Document Type: Article

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