Senior management leadership, social support, job design and stressor-to-strain relationships in hospital practice

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-192

  Buttigieg, Sandra C ^a,b   West, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job design; Hospital practice; Hospitals; Leadership; Senior management leadership; Social support; Stress; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878236148     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261311321761     Document Type: Article

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