Conflicts at work -The relationship with workplace factors, work characteristics and self-rated health

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-510

  Oxenstierna, Gabriel ^a   Magnusson Hanson, Linda L ^a   Widmark, Maria ^a   Finnholm, Kristina ^a   Stenfors, Cecilia ^a   Elofsson, Stig ^b   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflicts; Self rated health; Work; Work characteristics; Work environment; Workplace factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80051734109     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1171     Document Type: Article

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