Occupational stress, job satisfaction and health state in male and female junior hospital doctors in Greece

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 592-621

  Antoniou, Alexandros Stamatios G ^a   Davidson, Marilyn J ^b   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctors; Greece; Hospitals; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141704082     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940310494403     Document Type: Article

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