Taking a multi-faceted, multilevel, and integrated perspective for addressing psychosocial issues at the workplace

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 39-58

  Mellor, Nadine ^a   Karanika Murray, Maria ^b   Waite, Eleanor ^c  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 84887500229     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203723494     Document Type: Chapter

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