Psychosocial and other working conditions: Variation by employment arrangement in a sample of working Australians

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-106

  Lamontagne, Anthony D ^a   Smith, Peter M ^b   Louie, Amber M ^c   Quinlan, Michael ^d   Ostry, Aleck S ^e   Shoveller, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Casual; Contingent; Demand control; Employment; ERI; Hazards; Precarious; Psychosocial; Stressors; Temporary

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855237812     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.21038     Document Type: Article

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