Gender variations of physiological and psychological strain amongst police officers

Gender Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 66-93

  Gächter, Martin ^a   Savage, David A ^b   Torgler, Benno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Gender; Justice; Police officers; Stress; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957889910     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-011-9100-9     Document Type: Article

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