Stress and psychological well-being in UK and Malaysian fire fighters

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-61

  Malek, Mohd Dahlan A ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^b   Flin, Rhona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire services; Job satisfaction; Malaysia; Occupational psychology; Stress; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952060623     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011016907     Document Type: Article

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