Managing work-related psychological trauma: An organisational psychology of response and recovery

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-55

  Paton, Douglas ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0031285959     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050069708259617     Document Type: Article

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