A Comparison of Workers Employed in Hazardous Jobs in Terms of Job Satisfaction, Perceived Job Risk and Stress: Turkish Jean Sandblasting Workers, Dock Workers, Factory Workers and Miners

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Sunal, Ayda Buyuksahin ^a   Sunal, Onur ^b   Yasin, Fatma ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Kardelen Special Education   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hazardous jobs; Job satisfaction; Perceived job risk; Stress symptoms; Vulnerability to stress

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAZARD; MINING; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

RUMEX;

EID: 79953180001     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9679-3     Document Type: Article

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