"The Executioners' Song": Listening to Downsizers Reflect on their Experiences

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-354

  Wright, Barry ^a   Barling, Julian ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0032264151     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1998.tb00176.x     Document Type: Article

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