To stay or to go: Voluntary survivor turnover following an organizational downsizing

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 707-729

  Spreitzer, Gretchen M ^a   Mishra, Aneil K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142028026     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.166     Document Type: Article

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