Work stressors, health and sense of coherence in UK academic employees

Educational Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 823-835

  Kinman, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic employees; Health; Sense of coherence; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849103546     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410802366298     Document Type: Article

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