Stress management and innovation interventions at work

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-231

  Bunce, David ^a   West, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Interventions; Stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009993867     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604900205     Document Type: Article

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