‘Great lifestyle, pity about the job stress’: Occupational stress in rural human service practice

Rural Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-267

  Green, Rosemary ^a   Lonne, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85009630206     PISSN: 10371656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/rsj.351.15.3.253     Document Type: Article

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