How's the job? Well-being and social capital in the workplace

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-227

  Helliwell, John F ^a   Huang, Haifang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 77949602780     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391006300202     Document Type: Review

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