THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TYPE-A, INTERNALITY-EXTERNALITY, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND PERCEIVED HEALTH

This study was based on 255 European managers' (German and British) re sponses to specific Occupational Stress Indicator scales (Cooper et al ., 1988) and explored the impact of personality factors (Type A and lo cus of control) on subjectively perceived job stress, satisfaction at work and physical and psychological health. No significant relationshi p was reported between personality, work satisfaction and general heal th. Overall, Type A internals expressed the most job satisfaction with their work situation and better physical and psychological health, al though this was found significant only for the sample of British manag ers. Type A and B externals displayed higher mental illness scores, wh ereas Type B externals only reported significantly more physical sympt oms (physical ill-health). Type B internals appear to report the best hearth. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.