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Special section: Work-related well-being

Work-related well-being in a call centre environment: The moderating role of age and tenure

Sanet van der WesthuizenDepartment of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Liezel BezuidenhoutDepartment of Industrial and Organisational Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Pages 216-220 | Published online: 29 Jun 2017

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