Organizational climate, occupational stress, and employee mental health: Mediating effects of organizational efficiency

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-42

  Arnetz, Bengt B ^a,b   Lucas, Todd ^a   Arnetz, Judith E ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78751643168     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181ffo5b     Document Type: Article

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