On the Importance of Coping: A Model and New Directions for Research on Work and Family

Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-113

  Thompson, Cynthia A ^a   Poelmans, Steven A Y ^a   Allen, Tammy D ^a   Andreassi, Jeanine K ^a  

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EID: 33845890056     PISSN: 14793555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3555(06)06003-3     Document Type: Review

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