The nature of change in organizational health interventions: Some observations and propositions

Salutogenic Organizations and Change: The Concepts Behind Organizational Health Intervention Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 239-258

  Karanika Murray, Maria ^a   Biron, Caroline ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change; Health and well being; Mechanisms; Organizational interventions; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937814948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6470-5_13     Document Type: Chapter

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