Are We All in the Same Boat? The Role of Perceptual Distance in Organizational Health Interventions

Stress and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 294-303

  Hasson, Henna ^a,b   von Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica ^a,c   Nielsen, Karina ^d   Tafvelin, Susanne ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

leadership training; leader team agreement; organizational learning; shared perceptions

Indexed keywords

LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84991574357     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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