Workers' experiences of redundancy: Evidence from Scottish defence-dependent companies

Personnel Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-342

  Donnelly, Mike ^a   Scholarios, Dora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032397989     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483489810213900     Document Type: Article

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