Work stress, job satisfaction and emotional well-being among Canadian dental assistants

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-137

  Locker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dental assistants; Job satisfaction; Well being; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CANADA; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030119648     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00830.x     Document Type: Article

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