Job stress and coping: Self-employed versus organizationally employed professionals

Stress and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Oren, Lior ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

coping; P E Fit; professional workers; self employment; stress

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTANT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; LAWYER; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OFFICE WORKER; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHARMACIST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIST; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84858705992     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.1418     Document Type: Article

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