Predictors of coping with work stress: The influences of sex, gender role, social desirability, and locus of control

Sex Roles

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 149-158

  Gianakos, Irene ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coping; locus of control; social desirability; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 9744229999     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019675218338     Document Type: Article

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