Occupational stress and burnout of lawyers

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 443-450

  Tsai, Feng Jen ^a   Huang, Wei Lun ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; CBI; ERI; JCQ; Lawyer; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAWYERS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 74549155701     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.L8179     Document Type: Article

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