Happiness, health, or relationships? Managerial practices and employee well-being tradeoffs

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 51-63

  Grant, Adam M ^a   Christianson, Marlys K ^b   Price, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 35348826714     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMP.2007.26421238     Document Type: Review

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