Designing a stress management intervention in social services

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-114

  Coffey, Margaret ^a   Dugdill, Lindsey ^b   Tattersall, Andy ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organizational chance; Project evaluation; Social service personnel; Social services; Stress; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 70350563058     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538350910970192     Document Type: Article

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