Occupational stress, coping and strain: The combined/interactive effect of the Big Five traits

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 719-732

  Grant, Sharon ^a   Langan Fox, Janice ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big Five traits; Coping; Health; Job satisfaction; Managers; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745949956     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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