Attitude and flexibility are the most important work place factors for working parents’ mental wellbeing, stress, and work engagement

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 692-705

  Eek, Frida ^a   Axmon, Anna ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Parenthood; stress; wellbeing; work engagement; work place factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; PARENTHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STRESS; WELLBEING; WORK ENGAGEMENT; WORK PLACE FACTORS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

PARENTHOOD; STRESS; WELLBEING; WORK ENGAGEMENT; WORK PLACE FACTORS;

EID: 84885940731     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813491167     Document Type: Article

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