The clustering of health-related occupational stressors among contemporary wage-earners

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 654-674

  Vanroelen, Christophe ^a   Louckx, Fred ^a   Moors, Guy ^b   Levecque, Katia ^c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Emotional problems; Latent class cluster analysis; Musculoskeletal complaints; Occupational stress; Wage earners

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649598280     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903043393     Document Type: Article

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