Unison and the people side of mergers

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 4-16

  Dempsey, Michael ^a   McKevitt, David ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 33745179703     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2001.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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