Examination of the Work Organization Assessment Questionnaire in public sector workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 586-593

  Wynne Jones, Gwenllian ^a   Varnava, Alice ^b,c   Buck, Rhiannon ^b   Karanika Murray, Maria ^d   Griffiths, Amanda ^d   Phillips, Ceri ^c   Cox, Tom ^d   Kahn, Sayeed ^e   Main, Chris J ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e EEF   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 68049094084     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31819e9bb0     Document Type: Article

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