The Australian psychology workforce 1: A national profile of psychologists in practice

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-167

  Mathews, Rebecca ^a   Stokes, David ^a   Crea, Katherine ^a   Grenyer, Brin F S ^b  

^a The Australian Psychological Society Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychology services; Workforce characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956401402     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050067.2010.489911     Document Type: Article

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