Psychosocial factors and economic recession: The Stormont study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-104

  Houdmont, J ^a   Kerr, R ^b   Addley, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Northern Ireland Civil Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil servants; Management Standards Indicator Tool; Psychosocial hazards; Recession; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857664125     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr216     Document Type: Article

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