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Making a healthy change: a historical analysis of workplace wellbeing

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Management and Organizational History, Volume: 17, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 20 - 42

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/17449359.2022.2068152

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This paper looks at the precedents of current wellbeing programs, examining three historical modes of workplace wellbeing in order to analyze the way in which employees have become subjects of wellbeing discourse. In doing so, this paper seeks to illustrate the historical trajectory of the managemen...

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ISSN: 1744-9359 1744-9367
Published: Informa UK Limited 2022
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