Protective, promotive, and buffering effects of perceived social support in managerial stress: The moderating role of personality

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-244

  Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^a   Cieslak, Roman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Social support; Wellbeing, hardiness; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844448583     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800500125587     Document Type: Article

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