Does privatization affect corporate culture and employee wellbeing?

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-49

  Cunha, Rita C ^a   Cooper, Cary L ^b  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Organizational culture; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EID: 10944230273     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940210415915     Document Type: Article

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