Sense of humor, physical health, and well-being at work: A three-year longitudinal study of Finnish police officers

Humor

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Kerkkänen, Paavo ^a   Kuiper, Nicholas A ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Physical health; Police officers; Sense of humor; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044455781     PISSN: 09331719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/humr.2004.006     Document Type: Article

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