Occupational stress and psychological well-being in emergency services

Asian Social Work and Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-154

  Malek, Mohd Dahlan A ^a   Fahrudin, Adi ^b   Kamil, Ida Shafinaz Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b Bandung College of Social Welfare   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Coping; Firefighter; Job satisfaction; Stress; Well being; Work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149107254     PISSN: 17531403     EISSN: 17531411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2009.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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