Lay representations of workplace stress: What do people really mean when they say they are stressed?

Work and Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-120

  Kinman, Gail ^a   Jones, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Lay representations; Stress management; Stress outcome; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIETY; STRESS; VOLUNTEER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 23444442855     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370500144831     Document Type: Article

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