Social Stressors at work, irritation, and depressive symptoms: Accounting for unmeasured third variables in a multi-wave study

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-58

  Dormann, Christian ^a   Zapf, Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0036114957     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317902167630     Document Type: Article

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