A Practical Measure of Workplace Resilience: Developing the Resilience at Work Scale

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1205-1212

  Winwood, Peter C ^a   Colon, Rochelle ^b   McEwen, Kath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Hurn/McEwen HR Consultants ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RESILIENCE AT WORK SCALE; SLEEP; WORK CAPACITY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84885598919     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182a2a60a     Document Type: Article

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