Coping strategies as predictors of employee distress and turnover after an organizational consolidation: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-329

  Begley, Thomas M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0348098983     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1998.tb00679.x     Document Type: Article

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