Sickness absence and psychosocial job quality: An analysis from a longitudinal survey of working Australians, 2005-2012

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 781-788

  Milner, Allison ^a   Butterworth, Peter ^b   Bentley, Rebecca ^a   Kavanagh, Anne M ^a   Lamontagne, Anthony D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cohort studies; employment; job quality; job stressors; psychosocial factors; sickness absence

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 84929603356     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu355     Document Type: Article

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