Approaching the discriminatory work environment as stressor: The protective role of job satisfaction on health

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Di Marco, Donatella ^a   López Cabrera, Rocio ^a   Arenas, Alicia ^a   Giorgi, Gabriele ^b   Arcangeli, Giulio ^c   Mucci, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discriminatory work environment; Employees' health; Human resource management; Italian workers; Job satisfaction; Occupational medicine; Work related stress; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988422402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01313     Document Type: Article

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