Impacts of stressors and stress on the injury incidents of construction workers in Hong Kong

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1093-1103

  Leung, Mei Yung ^a   Chan, Yee Shan ^a   Yuen, Ka Wing ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b 2101 Leighton Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Emotional stress; Injury incidents; Job stress; Stressors

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; INJURY INCIDENTS; JOB STRESS; STRESSORS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 77956810177     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000216     Document Type: Article

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