Occupational stress in Canadian universities: A national survey

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 232-258

  Catano, V ^a   Francis, Lori ^a   Haines, Ted ^b   Kirpalani, Haresh ^b   Shannon, Harry ^b   Stringer, Bernadette ^b   Lozanzki, Laura ^c  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PEO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Faculty; Occupational health; Stress; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955740921     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018582     Document Type: Article

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