Coping with stress: Public welfare supervisors doing their best

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-170

  Erera Weatherley, Pauline Irit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Focus; Stress; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039564571     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900202     Document Type: Article

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