Pressures and stress in a West Australian hospital

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 227-239

  Duffy, Carol ^a   Chan, Christopher Ching Ann ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hospitals; Organizational restructuring; Stress; United kingdom; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842688657     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480110380352     Document Type: Article

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