Job satisfaction, common cold, and sickness absence among white-collar employees: A cross-sectional survey

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-121

  Nakata, Akinori ^a   Takahashi, Masaya ^b   Irie, Masahiro ^c   Ray, Tapas ^a   Swanson, Naomi G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common cold; Generic job stress questionnaire; Japan; Job satisfaction; Sickness absence; White collar employee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMON COLD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951573601     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1202     Document Type: Article

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