“Survivor syndrome” – a management myth?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-45

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Hind, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Employee attitudes; Financial institutions; Personnel psychology; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346858849     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940010305289     Document Type: Article

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