Relations between stressors and group perceptions: Main and mediating effects

Work and Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-169

  Jex, Steve M ^a,b   Thomas, Jeffrey L ^b,c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c US Army Medical Research Unit Europe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Group perceptions; Job stressors

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CONFLICT; EMPLOYEE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0141997173     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267837031000146804     Document Type: Review

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