Posttraumatic growth in protective services professionals: Individual, cognitive and organizational influences

Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-346

  Paton, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency work; Meaning; Organizational culture; Personality; Posttraumatic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649006098     PISSN: 15347656     EISSN: 10859373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153476560501100411     Document Type: Article

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