The role of gender and social class in work stress

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-23

  Fotinatos Ventouratos, Ritsa ^a   Cooper, Cary ^b  

^a Deree College   (Greece)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Job satisfaction; Social class; Stress; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644391184     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940510571612     Document Type: Article

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