Effects of On-Call Work on Well-Being: Results of a Daily Survey

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 299-320

  Bamberg, Eva ^a   Dettmers, Jan ^a   Funck, Hannah ^b   Krähe, Birgit ^c   Vahle Hinz, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitswirtschaft GmbH   (Germany)

^c BEIERSDORF AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

On call work and well being; Stress at work; Work and organisational psychology

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPUTER NETWORK; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84867876011     PISSN: 17580846     EISSN: 17580854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-0854.2012.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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