The company car driver; occupational stress as a predictor of motor vehicle accident involvement

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-208

  Cartwright, Sue ^b   Cooper, Cary L ^a   Barron, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accidents; Company car drivers; Occupational stress; Stress reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040749888     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900204     Document Type: Article

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