Capturing the ecology of workplace stress with cumulative risk assessment

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 136-154

  Evans, Gary W ^a   Becker, Franklin D ^a   Zahn, Alicia ^a   Bilotta, Elena ^b   Keesee, Alyssa M ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cumulative risk; job stress; multiple stressors; work environment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84855170683     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916510389981     Document Type: Article

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