Associations among job satisfaction, optimism, pessimism, and psychosomatic symptoms for employees in the government sector in Kuwait

Psychological Reports

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-25

  Al Mashaan, Owaied S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADULT; AFFECT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; KUWAIT; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0642314125     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.1.17     Document Type: Article

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