A re-analysis of the occupational stress indicator

Work and Stress

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-182

  Davis, Ann J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual difference; Job satifaction; Occupational Stress Indicator; Work pressures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STAFF; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0029737306     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379608256796     Document Type: Article

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