Do job demands and job control affect problem-solving?

Work

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-203

  Bergman, Peter N ^a   Ahlberg, Gunnel ^b   Johansson, Gun ^c   Stoetzer, Ulrich ^a   Åborg, Carl ^a   Hallsten, Lennart ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

learning; longitudinal; spill over; Work characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84864615024     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1340     Document Type: Article

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