Social Class Differences and Occupational Stress

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 211-222

  Fotinatos Ventouratos, Ritsa ^a,c   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a Deree College   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Locus of control; Mental health; Occupational stress; Physical health; Social classes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032275552     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022917812046     Document Type: Article

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