The Assumed Linearity of Organizational Phenomena: Implications for Occupational Stress and Well-Being

Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 203-232

  Ferris, Gerald R ^a   Bowen, Michael G ^a   Treadway, Darren C ^a   Hochwarter, Wayne A ^a   Hall, Angela T ^a   Perrewé, Pamela L ^a  

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EID: 33645923721     PISSN: 14793555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-3555(05)05006-7     Document Type: Review

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