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Book Title: Managing Healthy Organizations: Worksite Health Promotion An...
Number of Pages: 182 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Managing Healthy Organizations : Worksite Health Promotion and the New Self-Management Paradigm
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Human Resources & Personnel Management, Organizational Behavior, Health Care Delivery, Industrial Health & Safety, Workplace Culture
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Christian Maravelias, Mikael Holmqvist
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, Medical
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development Ser.
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
