Mediators and Moderators of Organizational Interventions to Prevent Occupational Stress

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Biron, Caroline ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b   Bond, Frank W ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mediators; Moderators; Organizational interventions; Organizational stress; Stress interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923622651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199211913.003.0018     Document Type: Chapter

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