Gender Influences on the Work-Related Stress-Coping Process

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Watson, Sarah B ^a   Goh, Yong Wah ^a   Sawang, Sukanlaya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Occupational stress; Primary appraisal; Secondary appraisal; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551628215     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000033     Document Type: Article

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