Coping with employment uncertainty: A comparison of employed and unemployed workers

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 200-209

  Mantler, Janet ^a   Matejicek, Amanda ^a,b   Matheson, Kimberly ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TECHNOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 24644524985     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.10.3.200     Document Type: Article

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