The relationship of work stressors, coping and social support to psychological symptoms among female secretarial employees

Work and Stress

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-263

  Snow, David L ^a   Swan, Suzanne C ^a   Raghavan, Chitra ^b   Connell, Christian M ^a   Klein, Ilene ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Psychological symptoms; Social support; Work stressors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TIME; WORK; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1642537564     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370310001625630     Document Type: Article

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