Moving policy and practice forward: Beyond prescriptions for job characteristics

Improving Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being: Addressing Process and Context

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 313-332

  Daniels, Kevin ^a   Karanika Murray, Maria ^b   Mellor, Nadine ^c   van Veldhoven, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84887416824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203723494     Document Type: Chapter

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