Employee self-rated productivity and objective organizational production levels: Effects of worksite health interventions involving reduced work hours and physical exercise

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 838-844

  Von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica ^a,b   Hasson, Henna ^b,c,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; EMPLOYEE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80051787776     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31822589c2     Document Type: Article

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