Job stress and performance: A study of police officers in central Taiwan

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1341-1356

  Chen, Yu Fen ^a  

^a CHIHLEE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Job performance; Job stress; Police; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149143175     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2009.37.10.1341     Document Type: Article

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