Appraisals and coping with workplace interpersonal stress: A model for women managers

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-156

  Portello, Jacqueline Y ^b   Long, Bonita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MANAGER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; THREAT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0035025536     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.48.2.144     Document Type: Article

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