Understanding and Improving Psychological Well-Being for Individual and Organisational Effectiveness

Employee Well-Being Support: A Workplace Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 39-49

  Robertson, Ivan ^a   Tinline, Gordon ^b  

^a ROBERTSON COOPER LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees negative reactions; Leadership and management actions; Performance management forceful levels; Psychological well Being (PWB); PWB and key organisational processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052846738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470773246.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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