Insecure social relations at work and long-term sickness absence due to burnout and other mental diagnoses

Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 319-327

  Eriksson, Ulla Britt ^a,c   Engström, Lars Gunnar ^a   Starrin, Bengt ^a,b,c   Janson, Staffan ^a,c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c EASTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burnout process; emotional deprivation; psychosocial work factors; shame; sickness absence; social relations

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TRUST; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; TRUST; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956126761     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1135     Document Type: Article

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