Job Stress and Employee Well-Being among Airline Personnel in an Asian Developing Country

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-127

  Jamal, Muhammad ^a   Preena, Shanaaz ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b Human Resources Department   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Airline employees; Asian developing country; Employee well being; Job stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032399436     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022911932152     Document Type: Article

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