Work-family conflict and prolonged fatigue among Japanese married male physicians

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 937-942

  Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Wada, Koji ^a   Kawashima, Masatoshi ^a   Arimatsu, Mayuri ^b   Higashi, Toshiaki ^b   Yoshikawa, Toru ^c   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Married male physicians; Prolonged fatigue; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BURNOUT; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FATIGUE; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 82555174608     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0613-z     Document Type: Article

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