Well-being in protective services personnel: Organisational influences

Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies

Volumn 2006, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Burke, Karena J ^a   Paton, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency services; Job satisfaction; Occupational stress; Organisational climate; Traumatic events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750078079     PISSN: 11744707     EISSN: 11744707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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