The role of gender and job level in coping with occupational stress

Work and Stress

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Torkelson, Eva ^a   Muhonen, Tuija ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Gender; Health symptoms; Job level; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JOB ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10044254333     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370412331323915     Document Type: Article

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