Organizational and psychosocial environmental work factors associated with self-rated exhaustion disorder among municipal employees in rural northern Sweden.
BACKGROUND: Research indicates that good organizational and psychosocial environments are vital to well-functioning workplaces and employee health. Working in the municipal sector and in the rural context may contribute to more health problems, poorer organizational and psychosocial work environment...
| Published in: | Work Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1215 - 1230 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2023
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