Participatory action research as work stress intervention

The Individual in the Changing Working Life

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 353-379

  Dollard, Maureen F ^a   Le Blanc, Pascale M ^b   Cotton, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78649713721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511490064.017     Document Type: Chapter

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