Comparisons of organizational constraints and their relations to strains in China and the United States

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-467

  Liu, Cong ^a   Nauta, Margaret M ^b   Li, Chaoping ^c   Fan, Jinyan ^d  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cross cultural study; Job stress; Organizational constraints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB STRESS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 78549235057     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020721     Document Type: Article

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