Gender moderates the health-effects of job strain in managers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 531-541

  Gadinger, M C ^a   Fischer, J E ^a   Schneider, S ^a   Terris, D D ^a   Kruckeberg K ^c   Yamamoto, S ^a   Frank, G ^b   Kromm, W ^a  

^a Mannheim Institute for Public Health   (Germany)

^b Medical Practice for General Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Health promotion; Industrial psychology; Management personnel; Occupational stress; Subjective health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955498895     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0477-7     Document Type: Article

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