Unfair treatment in the workplace and worker well-being: The role of coworker support in a service work environment

Work and Occupations

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-34

  Sloan, Melissa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

coworkers; job satisfaction; service work; social support; stress buffering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855500816     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888411406555     Document Type: Article

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