High-involvement work processes, work intensification and employee well-being

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 963-984

  Boxall, Peter ^a   Macky, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

employee well being; high involvement work processes; high performance work systems; work intensification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84915811874     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: 14698722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017013512714     Document Type: Article

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