Getting to know you: Occupational health researchers investigate employee assistance professionals' approaches to workplace stress

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-319

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Dual client relationship; Occupational health; Organizational intervention; Stress; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249283281     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: 15555259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240.2010.520649     Document Type: Article

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