An empirical test of stakeholder influence strategy models: Evidence from business downsizing in Taiwan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1862-1885

  Tsai, Philip C F ^a   Yeh, C Rosa ^a   Wu, Shu Ling ^a   Huang, Ing Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Influence strategy; Institutional theory; Resource dependence; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144451129     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500298479     Document Type: Article

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