Occupational stress and negative affectivity in Maltese nurses: Testing moderating influences

Work and Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-94

  Cassar, Vincent ^a   Tattersall, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maltese; Moderators; Negative affectivity; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALTA; MENTAL STRESS; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031689850     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678379808256850     Document Type: Article

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