Prevalence of job strain among Indian foundry shop floor workers

Work

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-357

  Mohan, G Madhan ^a   Elangovan, S ^a   Prasad, P S S ^a   Krishna, P Rama ^a   Mokkapati, Anil Kumar ^a  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Demands control model; Foundry; Job content questionnaire (JCQ); Job strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF ESTEEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INDIA; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 50049116638     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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