Survivors’ reactions to downsizing: The importance of contextual factors

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 56-74

  Sahdev, Kusum ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844433183     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00105.x     Document Type: Article

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