What works, for whom, in which context? Researching organizational interventions on stress and well-being using realistic evaluation principles

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 163-183

  Biron, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84920506919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203723494     Document Type: Chapter

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