Barriers to workplace stress interventions in employee assistance practice: Eap perspectives

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-295

  Nobrega, Suzanne ^a   Champagne, Nicole J ^a   Azaroff, Lenore S ^a   Shetty, Karishma ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee assistance practice; Job stress; Stress interventions; Stress reduction; Work organization; Workplace interventions; Workplace stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249268561     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2010.518491     Document Type: Article

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