Leader framing and follower sensemaking: Response to downsizing in the brave new workplace

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-349

  Bean, Cynthia J ^a   Hamilton, Francis E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Framing; Nomadic work; Organizational change; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645413617     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706064177     Document Type: Article

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