Ideology and the symbolic construction of fairness in organizational change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-168

  Watson, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee relations; Employers; Ideologies; Organizational change; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037256769     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810310468125     Document Type: Article

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