Effects of organizational downsizing on worker stress and health in the United States

Work Stress: Studies of the Context, Content and Outcomes of Stress: A Book of Readings

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 53-71

  Murphy, Lawrence R ^a   Pepper, Lewis D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315223339-4     Document Type: Chapter

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