Assessing employee wellbeing: Is there another way?

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-230

  Juniper, Bridget ^a   White, Nicola ^a   Bellamy, Patricia ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Health education; Job satisfaction; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPACT ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 76749158916     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538350910993412     Document Type: Article

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