Job strain among Malaysian office workers of a multinational company

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Maizura, H ^a   Retneswari, M ^b   Moe, H ^b   Hoe, V C W ^b   Bulgiba, A ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Job content questionnaire; Job strain; Malaysia; Multinational company; Office workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953442074     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq001     Document Type: Article

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