Job-redesign in knowledge work

Advances in Occupational, Social, and Organizational Ergonomics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 111-120

  Sørensen, Ole Henning ^a,b   Holman, David ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job design; Knowledge work; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861341449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439835074     Document Type: Chapter

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