Combined workplace stressors and their relationship with mood, physiology, and performance

Work and Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-258

  Wellens, Benjamin T ^a   Smith, Andrew P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Combined stressors; Cumulative effects; Performance; Phsiology; Salivary cortisol; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SALIVA LEVEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33751185327     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370601022712     Document Type: Article

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