The occupational stress indicator locus of control scale: Should this be regarded as a state rather than trait measure?

Work and Stress

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 45-48

  Rees, David W ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Health; Job satisfaction; OSI; Perceived control; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; STRESS;

EID: 0026604370     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379208257038     Document Type: Article

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