Organizational justice, psychological distress, and work engagement in Japanese workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-38

  Inoue, Akiomi ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^a   Ishizaki, Masao ^b   Shimazu, Akihito ^a   Tsuchiya, Masao ^a   Tabata, Masaji ^c   Akiyama, Miki ^a,d   Kitazume, Akiko ^a   Kuroda, Mitsuyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ishikawa Health Service Association   (Japan)

^d TOKYO HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effort reward imbalance model; Job demands control model; Organizational justice; Psychological distress; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77249099231     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0485-7     Document Type: Article

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