Workers' adaptation enables work functioning

Psychological Reports

Volumn 100, Issue 3 II, 2007, Pages 1043-1064

  Cronshaw, Steven F ^a   Ong, Perng Yih ^b   Chappell, Dara B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Singapore Public Civil Service College   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548243210     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.100.3.1043-1064     Document Type: Article

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