Are Stress Management Programs Indicators of Good Places to Work? Results of a National Survey

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-360

  Nigam, Jeannie A S ^a,b   Murphy, Lawrence R ^a   Swanson, Naomi G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Natl Inst for Occup Safety/Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Employee well being; Organization of work; Stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842479799     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1072-5245.10.4.345     Document Type: Review

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