Leadership and job satisfaction among aviation fire fighters in Australia

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Bartolo, Kylie ^a   Furlonger, Brett ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire services; Job satisfaction; Leadership; Management styles; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142274405     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940010305324     Document Type: Article

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