Individual strategies for coping with stress at work: A review

Work and Stress

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 5-15

  Dewe, Philip ^a   Cox, Tom ^a   Ferguson, PhiEamonnlip ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Classification; Coping; Measures; Methods; Models; Stress

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0027311949     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379308257046     Document Type: Article

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