Exploring employee outcomes of organizational restructuring: A solomon four-group study

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 416-439

  Probst, Tahira M ^a  

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Author keywords

Job attitudes; Job insecurity; Job stress; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042326161     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601102250825     Document Type: Article

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