Working under a black cloud: How to sustain organizational identification after a merger

British Journal of Management

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Van Dick, Rolf ^a   Ullrich, Johannes ^b   Tissington, Patrick A ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33644622206     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2006.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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