Test of a dynamic stress model for organisational change: Do males and females require different models?

Applied Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-191

  Kohler, Jennifer M ^a   Munz, David C ^a   Grawitch, Mathew J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644779648     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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