Work stress and performance among financial traders

Stress and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 285-293

  Oberlechner, Thomas ^a,b   Nimgade, Ashok ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEBSTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial traders; Performance; Stress; Traders; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKING TIME;

EID: 31844436083     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1063     Document Type: Article

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