The Legitimacy of Organizational Downsizing in Canada: An Analysis of Explanatory Media Accounts

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-107

  Lamertz, Kai ^a,b   Baum, Joel A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0032395365     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1998.tb00154.x     Document Type: Article

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