Job Stress and Burnout among Correctional Officers: A Literature Review

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-48

  Schaufeli, Wilmar B ^a   Peeters, Maria C W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Burnout; Correctional officers; Intervention strategies; Job stress; Stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034414891     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009514731657     Document Type: Article

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