Nonlinearity of the effects of police stressors on police officer burnout

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-402

  Vuorensyrjä, Matti ^a   Mälkiä, Matti ^a  

^a Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Linearity; Methodology; Nonlinearity; Police; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052606562     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639511111157474     Document Type: Article

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