Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students

Research Policy

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 868-879

  Levecque, Katia ^a,b   Anseel, Frederik ^a,b,c   De Beuckelaer, Alain ^a,d,e   Van der Heyden, Johan ^f,g   Gisle, Lydia ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ECOOM   (Belgium)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GHQ 12; Mental health; PhD students; Psychosocial working conditions; Work organization

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; STUDENTS;

GHQ-12; HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL WORKING CONDITIONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WORK ORGANIZATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85014858395     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2017.02.008     Document Type: Article

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