Stress Reduction in Transition: Conceptual Problems in the Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Worksite Stress Management Interventions

Human Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 717-733

  Reynolds, Shirley ^a   Shapiro, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

medical model; organizational development; psychotherapy research; stress management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973819270     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679104400705     Document Type: Article

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