Hardiness and support at work as predictors of work stress and job satisfaction

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-191

  McCalister, Katherine T ^a   Dolbier, Christyn L ^b   Webster, Judith A ^a   Mallon, Mark W ^a   Steinhardt, Mary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coworker Support; Hardiness; Job Satisfaction; Negative Affectivity; Prevention Research; Supervisor Support; Work Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HARDINESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 30844466633     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-20.3.183     Document Type: Review

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