Awareness of Stress-reduction Interventions: The Impact on Employees' Well-being and Organizational Attitudes

Stress and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 231-243

  Pignata, Silvia ^a   Boyd, Carolyn ^a   Gillespie, Nicole ^b   Provis, Christopher ^a   Winefield, Anthony H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

intervention awareness; justice; social exchange; strain; stress reduction; trustworthiness

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPLOYEE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; JUSTICE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; UNIVERSITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 85027949564     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2597     Document Type: Article

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