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From stress to resistance: Challenging the capitalist underpinnings of mental unhealth in work and organizations

Torkild Thanem, Hadar Elraz Orcid Logo

International Journal of Management Reviews, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 577 - 598

Swansea University Author: Hadar Elraz Orcid Logo

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The worldwide spread of work-related mental unhealth suggests that this is a major problem affecting organizations and employees on a global scale. In this paper, we therefore provide a thematic review of the literatures that address this issue in management and organization studies (MOS) and relate...

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ISSN: 1460-8545 1468-2370
Published: Wiley 2022
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