Stakeholder perceptions of job stress in an industrialized country: Implications for policy and practice

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-461

  Page, Kathryn M ^a   Lamontagne, Anthony D ^a   Louie, Amber M ^b   Ostry, Aleck S ^c   Shaw, Andrea ^d   Shoveller, Jeannie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d Shaw Idea Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

context for intervention; gender; job stress; systems approach; work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPING; WORKPLACE;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLICY MAKING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VICTORIA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84881008790     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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