Do I just look stressed or am I stressed? Work-related stress in a sample of Italian employees

Industrial Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-53

  Giorgi, Gabriele ^a   Leon Perez, Jose M ^b   Cupelli, Vincenzo ^c   Mucci, Nicola ^c   Arcangeli, Giulio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthy leadership; Healthy organizations; Psychological well being; Work related stress; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; ITALY; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84893983152     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0164     Document Type: Article

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