Does a change in psychosocial work factors lead to a change in employee health?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-203

  Lohela, Malin ^a   Björklund, Christina ^a   Vingård, Eva ^b   Hagberg, Jan ^a   Jensen, Irene ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67449092663     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318192bd2c     Document Type: Article

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