A social identity approach to workplace stress

Social Psychology and Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 325-352

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a,b   van Dick, Rolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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