The impact of medical issues on the job stress and job satisfaction of jail staff

Punishment and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-275

  Lambert, Eric G ^a   Paoline III, Eugene A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correctional staff; Jail staff; Job satisfaction; Job stress; Perceptions of medical issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644436891     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474505053829     Document Type: Article

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