Job stress, burnout and substance use among urban transit operators: The potential mediating role of coping behaviour

Work and Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-340

  Chen, Meng Jinn ^a   Cunradi, Carol ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout symptoms; Coping; Job stress; Substance use; Transit operators

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649231741     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678370802573992     Document Type: Article

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