Female clerical workers' occupational stress: The role of person and social resources, negative affectivity, and stress appraisals

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 395-410

  Morris, Jodi E ^a,b   Long, Bonita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036799347     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.49.4.395     Document Type: Article

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