The relationship between workplace stressors and mortality and health costs in the United State

Management Science

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 608-628

  Goh, Joel ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^b   Zenios, Stefanos A ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied optimization; Health costs; Mortality; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

HEALTH COSTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDICAL EXPENDITURES; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84957989674     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2115     Document Type: Article

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