Personality characteristics and coping styles of women working in and in training for nontraditional blue collar jobs

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 2, 2000, Pages 1115-1122

  Nash, Heather C ^b   Chrisler, Joan C ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0034569133     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3f.1115     Document Type: Article

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