Job stress and mental well-being: Similarities and differences among american, japanese, and indian managers

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 160-170

  Defrank, Richard S ^a   Ivancevich, John M ^b   Schweiger, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TYPE A PERSONALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024235936     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/08964289.1988.9935141     Document Type: Article

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