Concepts of health and well-being in managers: An organizational study

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mayer, Claude Hélène ^a,b   Boness, Christian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Case study; Health management; Managerial health; Organizational health; Salutogenesis; South Africa; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875012228     PISSN: 17482623     EISSN: 17482631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v6i4.7143     Document Type: Article

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