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Document ID (ISN)35830
CIS number 81-1178
ISSN - Serial title 0049-8610 - Zeitschrift für die gesamte Hygiene und ihre Grenzgebiete
Year 1980
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ulrich H.
Title Relations between work incapacity and satisfaction at work - Results of a pilot study
Original title Zusammenhänge zwischen Arbeitsunfähigkeitsmorbidität und Arbeitszufriedenheit - Ergebnisse einer orientierenden Untersuchung [in German]
Bibliographic information June 1980, Vol.26, No.6, p.451-457. 36 ref.
Abstract 347 hotel workers and restaurant workers were studied. Aspects considered were: the work climate, relations between colleagues, workplace layout, and salary. There was a close relation between the incapacity rate and degree of satisfaction: dissatisfied workers showed a higher rate of respiratory and digestive disorders.
Descriptors (primary) restaurants; job dissatisfaction; hotel industry; sickness absenteeism; morbidity
Descriptors (secondary) respiratory diseases; digestive system diseases
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Hotels and restaurants
Psychological factors