Throw-away workers or sustainable workplaces? The Australian workplace barometer

43rd Annual Conference of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia 2007, HFESA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 8-17

  Dollard, Maureen F ^a   Skinner, Natalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job demands resources model; Job stress; National surveillance; Psychosocial risk factors

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; ORGANISATIONAL OUTCOMES; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; PSYCHOSOCIAL RISK FACTORS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS;

HEALTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84879813549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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