Downsizing in britain and its effects on survivors and their organizations

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-58

  Campbell jamison, Fiona ^a   Worrall, Les ^b   Cooper, Cary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Privatization; Psychological effects; Redundancy; Survivors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648167     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248347     Document Type: Article

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