Stress in the workplace: A comparison of gender and occupations

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-73

  Narayanan, Lakshmi ^a   Menon, Shanker ^b   Spector, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032590143     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199901)20:1<63::AID-JOB873>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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