Worker health is good for the economy: Union density and psychosocial safety climate as determinants of country differences inworker health and productivity in 31 European countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 114-123

  Dollard, Maureen F ^a   Neser, Daniel Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross national differences in worker self reported health; Europe; Gross domestic product; Psychosocial safety climate; Union density; Work stress

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELFARE PROVISION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BULLYING; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FINLAND; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB STRESS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; POLITICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL SAFETY CLIMATE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNION DENSITY; WELFARE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORKPLACE VIOLENCE;

CROSS-NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN WORKER SELF-REPORTED HEALTH; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; PSYCHOSOCIAL SAFETY CLIMATE; UNION DENSITY; WORK STRESS;

EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84880386904     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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