A diary study to open up the black box of overtime work among university faculty members

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-223

  Beckers, Debby G J ^a   van Hooff, Madelon L M ^a,b   Van der Linden, Dimitri ^a   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a   Taris, Toon W ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Well being; Workhours; Worktime control

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OVERTIME WORK; PREVALENCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 48049103046     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1226     Document Type: Article

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