Work-Related Risk Factors and Employee Substance Use: Insights From a Sample of Israeli Blue-Collar Workers

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-263

  Biron, Michal ^a,b   Bamberger, Peter A ^c,d   Noyman, Tamir ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

^e Human Resource Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Drinking norms; Illicit drug use; Substance use; Work related risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALIENATION; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79954553592     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022708     Document Type: Article

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