Local and global factors in work stress - The Australian dairy farming examplar

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 6, 2008, Pages 66-74

  Wallis, Alison ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy farmer stress; Farm stress; Job demand control model; Psychological distress; Work stress

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEREGULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVEY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DEREGULATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51349099330     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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