Psychophysiological reactions during the first year of a foreign assignment: Results of a controlled longitudinal study

Work and Stress

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 304-318

  Anderzén, Ingrid ^a   Arnetz, Bengt B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture shock; Occupational relocation; Physiology; Stress

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LANGUAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031432247     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379708252994     Document Type: Article

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