Organizational interventions for stress and well-being – An overview

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Biron, Caroline ^a   Karanika Murray, Maria ^b   Cooper, Cary L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84920512039     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203723494     Document Type: Chapter

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