Workplace wellbeing on Maungataturi Mountain: The connection between Ecological restoration and workplace happiness

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-126

  Roche, Maree ^a   Rolley, Carollyn ^a  

^a WAIKATO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Connection to place; Farming workplaces; Meaning; Positive psychology; Social connectivity; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955047357     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v27i2.4144     Document Type: Article

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