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When do health and well-being interventions work?: managerial commitment and context

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When do health and well-being interventions work? managerial commitment and context. / Greasley, Kay; Edwards, Paul.
In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 36, No. 2, 01.05.2015, p. 355-377.

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Greasley, K & Edwards, P 2015, 'When do health and well-being interventions work? managerial commitment and context', Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X13508590

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Greasley, K., & Edwards, P. (2015). When do health and well-being interventions work? managerial commitment and context. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 36(2), 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X13508590

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Greasley K, Edwards P. When do health and well-being interventions work? managerial commitment and context. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2015 May 1;36(2):355-377. Epub 2014 Mar 4. doi: 10.1177/0143831X13508590

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Greasley, Kay ; Edwards, Paul. / When do health and well-being interventions work? managerial commitment and context. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2015 ; Vol. 36, No. 2. pp. 355-377.

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