A Multilevel Model of Economic Stress and Employee Well-Being

Contemporary Occupational Health Psychology: Global Perspectives on Research and Practice, Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-20

  Sinclair, Robert R ^a   Sears, Lindsay E ^a   Probst, Tahira ^b   Zajack, Mark ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic stress as "aspects of economic life potential stressors for employees and their families; Income, strongest reason as to why people work in top of lists of people's important concerns; Macroeconomic moderators individualism collectivism, frequently studied cultural dimensions; Multilevel model relationship between economic stress and well being; Multilevel model of economic stress; Multilevel model of economic stress and employee well being; Multilevel perspective on economic stress better understanding of relationships in economic stress measures; Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) researchers recognizing threat of job insecurity, unemployment and under employment to employee wellbeing; perceived income adequacy (PIA) as cognitive construct and basic living needs (PIA needs); Role of financial knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) in economic stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555221066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661550.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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