Stress and well-being in the workplace: Support for key propositions from the social identity approach

The Social Cure: Identity, Health and Well-Being

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 175-194

  van Dick, Rolf ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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