Psychosocial Hazards in UK Universities: Adopting a Risk Assessment Approach

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-428

  Kinman, Gail ^a   Court, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b University and College Union   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957350265     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2009.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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