Job Stress in the Australian and International Health and Community Services Sector: A Review of the Literature

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-445

  Dollard, Maureen F ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^b   Caulfield, Natasha ^a   Blewett, Verna ^c   Shaw, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Shaw Idea Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

community services sector; health sector; job; occupation; stress; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248945960     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.14.4.417     Document Type: Article

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