Determinants of small business interest in offering a wellness program to their employees

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 43-58

  Divine, Richard L ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Employees; Health care; Small business; Wellness programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745108720     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J026v22n03_04     Document Type: Article

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