Reciprocal relations between effort-reward imbalance at work and adverse health: A three-wave panel survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Shimazu, Akihito ^a   de Jonge, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse health; Effort reward imbalance; Employment; Japan; Occupational health; Reciprocal relations; Three wave panel survey

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; REWARD; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

CAUSALITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 57649092548     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.055     Document Type: Article

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