Ethnicity and the experience of work: Job stress and satisfaction of minority ethnic teachers in the UK

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 317-327

  Miller, Grace V F ^a   Travers, C J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRESS; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 27144535352     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500238470     Document Type: Article

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