To move or not to move: Factors affecting employees' actual relocation when an entire plant moves

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 343-358

  Sagie, Abraham ^a   Krausz, Moshe ^a   Weinstain, Yehuda ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0035537535     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317901167398     Document Type: Article

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