Fresh and healthy?: Well-being, health and performance of young employees with intermediate education

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 671-699

  Akkermans, Jos ^a   Brenninkmeijer, Veerle ^a   Blonk, Roland W B ^a,b   Koppes, Lando L J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Employees; Performance management; Personal health; The Netherlands; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949107776     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430911005717     Document Type: Article

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