Leaders' strategies for dealing with own and their subordinates' stress in public human service organisations

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 803-811

  Skagert, Katrin ^a,b   Dellve, Lotta ^a   Eklöf, Mats ^a   Pousette, Anders ^a   Ahlborg Jr , Gunnar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping behaviour; Role ambiguity; Social support

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS (SO); ROLE AMBIGUITY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL INSURANCE;

EID: 45049085960     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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