Job stress and job satisfaction and their relation to neuroticism, type a behavior, and locus of control among Kuwaiti personnel

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 2, 2001, Pages 1145-1152

  Al Mashaan, Owaied S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR; WORK;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TYPE A PERSONALITY; WORK;

EID: 0035379375     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.88.3.1145-1152     Document Type: Article

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