LEADING THE HEALTHY WORKFORCE: THE INTEGRAL ROLE OF EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT

Consulting Psychology Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-135

  Grawitch, Matthew J ^a   Ledford Jr , Gerald E ^b   Ballard, David W ^c   Barber, Larissa K ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ledford Consulting Network

^c AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

employee involvement; healthy workplace; participative management; program design

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649401774     PISSN: 10659293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015288     Document Type: Article

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