Job stress and job performance controversy revisited: An empirical examination in two countries

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-187

  Jamal, Muhammad ^a,b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Job performance; Job stress; Multinational corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249787591     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.2.175     Document Type: Article

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