Does the job demand-control model correspond to externally assessed demands and control for both women and men?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-249

  Waldenström, Kerstin ^a   Härenstam, Annika ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; psychosocial working conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 42649112067     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494807085079     Document Type: Article

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