A cybernetic framework linking personality and other variables in understanding general health

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Cunningham, J Barton ^a   Lischeron, Joe ^b   Koh, Hian Chye ^c   Farrier, Mike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Farrier and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Modelling; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542297791     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410510624     Document Type: Article

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