The effect of downsizing strategy and reorientation strategy on a learning orientation

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Farrell, Mark ^a   Mavondo, Felix T ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Learning; Organizational restructuring; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042812447     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410539470     Document Type: Review

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