Individually targeted interventions

Handbook of Work Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 607-622

  Cartwright, Susan ^a,b,c,d   Cooper, Cary ^d,e  

^a BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Organizational Psychology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d British Academy of Management   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646514082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781412975995.n26     Document Type: Chapter

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