When tough times make tough bosses: Managerial distancing as a function of layoff blame

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-87

  Folger, Robert ^a   Skarlicki, Daniel P ^a  

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EID: 0032220627     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256899     Document Type: Review

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