Conference Abstracts
Friday, March 12, 1999
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

1. The Measurement of Mental Effort: An Indication of the Psychological Costs of Work - Fred R.H. Zijlstra, Work and Organization Research Centre, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

2. Worker-Employer Risk Estimate Disparity: Identifying the Unhealthy Organization - Nicholas Warren, ScD, Ergonomic Tech Center, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, MA

3. Hierarchical Linear Modeling: Application to Occupational Stress Research - Irvin S. Schonfeld, PhD, MPH, City College of City University of New York, New York, NY

4. Utility Models for Behavioral Safety - Donald Hantula, PhD, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1. International Collaboration of JOBS: Lessons from Finland, Israel, and China - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Richard H. Price, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2. The Finnish Experience in Implementing and Evaluating the JOBS Program - Jukka Vuori, PhD, Jussi Silvonen, PhD, and J. Vesalainen, PhD, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

3. Job Search Intervention Effects on Stress Among Israel's Unemployed - Arie Shirom, PhD, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

4. JOBS in California: Lessons in Training and Selecting Organizations - Daniel Friedland, MA, and Paula Wishart, MA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

5. Beginning Job Search Programs in the People's Republic of China - Dawai Liu, PhD, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China

1. Psychological Aspects of Occupational Health - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Michael J. Smith, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

2. Psychological and Ergonomic Aspects of Video Display Terminal Work - Francisco B.P. Moro, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

3. Effects of Job Design Stressors on Perceived Strain in White-Collar Supervisors and Nonsupervisor VDT Users - Ben-Tzion Karsh, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

4. Influence of Risk Perception in Injury Control Measure Adoption by Dairy Farmers - Larry J. Chapman, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

5. Self-Management of Performance Feedback During Computer-Based Work by Individuals and Two-Person Work Teams - Robert A. Henning, PhD, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

6. Psychosocial Factors at Work Are Not Associated With Diagnosed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a General Population - David L. Nordstrom, PhD, MPH, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

1. Health Outcomes, Discrimination, and Work Stress in Female Funeral Directors - Robyn Gershon, MHS, DrPH, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

2. Perceived Injustice and Workplace Aggression: The Role of Cognition - Constant D. Beugre, PhD, Kent State University, New Philadelphia, OH

3. Organization Unfairness and Employee Attitudes Toward Occupational Health Programs - Catherine A. Heaney, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

4. Unfair Treatment, Stress, and Psychological Outcomes Among Correctional Health Care Workers - Antonio Escamilla-Cejudo, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

5. Organizational Fairness and Employee Attitudes Toward Occupational Health Programs - Catherine A. Heaney, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

1. Future Directions and Initiative for the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Julian Barling, PhD, Queen's University, Ontario, Canada

1. Social Policy and Absenteeism - Overall Symposium Abstract - Chair: Robert Anderson, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Dublin, Ireland

2. Challenges for Workplace Health in a Changing Workplace - Dr. Richard Wynne, Work Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland

3. Ill Health and Workplace Absenteeism: Initiatives for Prevention - Robert Grundemann, PhD, Amsterdam, Netherlands

4. The Legal Situation and the Reactions of Social Partners in Portugal - Luis Graca, National School of Public Health, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

5. The Legal Situation and the Reactions of Social Partners in Netherlands - Sabine Geurts, PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands

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