Individual and Environmental Sources of Work Stress Among Prison Officers

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 800-818

  Steiner, Benjamin ^a   Wooldredge, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

job control; job demand; job support; prison officer; work stress; workplace safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937031826     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814564463     Document Type: Article

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