Work Stress, Coping Resources, and Mental Health: A Study of America's Black Elite

Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 139-169

  Jackson, Pamela Braboy ^a   Saunders, Tiffani ^a  

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EID: 33645952663     PISSN: 14793555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3555(05)05004-3     Document Type: Review

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