Leadership development as an intervention in occupational health psychology

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-279

  Kelloway, E Kevin ^a   Barling, Julian ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interventions; Justice; Leadership; Supervision; Training; Well being; Work related stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649703962     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2010.518441     Document Type: Article

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