Working in the social services: Job satisfaction, stress and violence

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-350

  Balloch, Susan ^b   Pahl, Jan ^a   McLean, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Kent at Canterbury ^*

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EID: 0032093093     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjsw.a011343     Document Type: Review

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