Employee reactions and adjustment to euthanasia-related work: Identifying turning-point events through retrospective narratives

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Reeve, Charlie L ^a,c   Spitzmüller, Christiane ^b   Rogelberg, Steven G ^c   Walker, Alan ^d   Schultz, Lisa ^a   Clark, Olga ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WELLBEING; WORK; ANIMAL; BURNOUT; CAT; DOG; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL TECHNICIANS; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CATS; DOGS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2342524625     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0701_1     Document Type: Article

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