Psychological and physiological stress reactions of male and female assembly workers: A comparison between two different forms of work organization

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-61

  Melin, Bo ^a   Lundberg, Ulf ^a   Söderlund, Jens ^b   Granqvist, Marianne ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032590142     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199901)20:1<47::AID-JOB871>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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