White-collar reactions to job insecurity and the role of the psychological contract: Implications for human resource management

Human Resource Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-92

  King, James E ^a  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034148614     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-050X(200021)39:1<79::AID-HRM7>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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