'Management Standards' and work-related stress in Great Britain: Progress on their implementation

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1040-1046

  Mellor, Nadine ^a   Mackay, Colin ^b   Packham, Claire ^b   Jones, Rhiannon ^b   Palferman, David ^b   Webster, Simon ^b   Kelly, Peter ^b  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HSE Management Standards; Implementation process; Policy; Psychosocial risk factors; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVES; HSE MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; STEPWISE METHODS; SURVEY DATA; TRADE UNIONS; WORK STRESS; WORK-RELATED STRESS;

HEALTH RISKS; MANAGEMENT; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MANAGEMENT STYLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958030345     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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