Adverse psychosocial working conditions and poor quality of life among financial service employees in Brazil

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 88-95

  Silva, Luiz Sergio ^a   Barreto, Sandhi Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adverse psychosocial work conditions; Bank work; Demand control model; Effort reward imbal ance; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAZIL; COMMERCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864517617     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.11-0072-OA     Document Type: Article

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