An organizational-level occupational health intervention: Employee perceptions of exposure to changes, and psychosocial outcomes

Work and Stress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-197

  Hasson, Henna ^a,b,c   Brisson, Chantal ^b,d   Guérin, Stéphanie ^b   Gilbert Ouimet, Mahée ^b   Baril Gingras, Geneviève ^d   Vézina, Michel ^d,e   Bourbonnais, Renée ^d,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Swedish Institute for Health Sciences   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f Center of Health and Social Services Vieille Capitale (CSSSVC RIPOST)   (Canada)

Author keywords

effort reward imbalance model; intervention; job demand control support model; perception; process; psychosocial work environment; work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899906411     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2014.907370     Document Type: Article

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