People-plant relationships in an office workplace: Perceived benefits for the workplace and employees

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 744-752

  Thomsen, Jane Dyrhauge ^a   Sønderstrup Andersen, Hans K H ^b   Müller, Renate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 79957850000     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.5.744     Document Type: Article

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