Occupational stress and job satisfaction in media personnel assigned to the iraq war (2003): A qualitative study

Journalism Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-371

  Greenberg, Neil ^a   Thomas, Samantha ^b   Murphy, Dominic ^a   Dandeker, Christopher ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iraq War; Job satisfaction; Journalists; Media; Occupational stress; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949547202     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780701552160     Document Type: Article

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