Staff stress and burnout in intellectual disability services: Work stress theory and its application

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-573

  Devereux, Jason ^a,b   Hastings, Richard ^a   Noone, Steve ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Trust Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Staff; Work stress theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349605362     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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