Job satisfaction and sickness absence: A questionnaire survey

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 567-571

  Roelen, Corné A M ^a,b   Koopmans, Petra C ^a,b   Notenbomer, Annette ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a ArboNed BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Sickness absence days; Sickness absence episodes

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649120853     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn113     Document Type: Article

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