Personality and the occupational stressor-strain relationship: The role of the big five

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-33

  Grant, Sharon ^a   Langan Fox, Janice ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big Five; Health; Managers; Occupational stress; Personality; Traits; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROSIS; PATH ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHARACTER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK FACTORS; ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846572425     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.12.1.20     Document Type: Article

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