Workplace change and employee mental health: results from a longitudinal study

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 526-540

  Loretto, Wendy ^a   Platt, Stephen ^b   Popham, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953972801     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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