Team-based working and employee well-being: A crosscultural comparison of United Kingdom and Hong Kong health services

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-325

  So, Timothy T C ^a,b   West, Michael A ^b   Dawson, Jeremy F ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Employee well being; Health care organisation; Job design; Team based working

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957813830     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320903384821     Document Type: Article

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