Health in organization: Towards a process-based view

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 206-221

  MacIntosh, Robert ^a   MacLean, Donald ^b   Burns, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Glasgow ^*

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EID: 33846954012     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00685.x     Document Type: Review

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