Coping and psychological adjustment among information technology personnel

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 824-844

  Love, Peter E D ^a   Irani, Zahir ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Depression; Information personnel; Stress

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION PERSONNEL;

PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

EID: 34250888939     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710758743     Document Type: Article

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