Feeling double locked-in at work: Implications for health and job satisfaction among municipal employees

Work

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Muhonen, Tuija ^a  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health; job satisfaction; Locked in at work; municipal employees; optimism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 78650590570     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2010-1070     Document Type: Article

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