Changing work, changing health: Can real work-time flexibility promote health behaviors and well-being?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-429

  Moen, Phyllis ^a   Kelly, Erin L ^a   Tranby, Eric ^b   Huang, Qinlei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

flexibility; gender; health behavior; natural experiment; organizational change; schedule control; sleep; well being; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 82655189231     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146511418979     Document Type: Article

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