Managing vulnerability: Job satisfaction, morale and journalists' reactions to violence and trauma

Journalism Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-438

  Beam, Randal A ^a   Spratt, Meg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Career commitment; Emotional stress; Job satisfaction; Morale; Trauma; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950743537     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512780902798653     Document Type: Article

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