Organizational justice and major depressive episodes in Japanese employees: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 47-55

  Inoue, Akiomi ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^b   Tsuno, Kanami ^b,c   Tomioka, Kimiko ^d   Nakanishi, Mayuko ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Nakanishi Healthcare Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Japan; Major depressive disorder; Organizational justice; Psychosocial work characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876446524     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.12-0131-oa     Document Type: Article

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