Improving stress assessment: Toward an evidence-based approach to organizational stress interventions

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-71

  Briner, Rob B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based approach; Organizational stress interventions; Stress assessment; Stress audits; Stress measurement

Indexed keywords

ASSERTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WELLBEING;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0030816811     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(97)00010-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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