Gender, class, work-related stress and health: Toward a power-centred approach

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-109

  Brooker, Ann Sylvia ^a   Eakin, Joan M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Class; Gender; Health; Meaning; Model; Power; Stress; Theory; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285609     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.620     Document Type: Article

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