The impact of downsizing on employees' affective commitment

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-199

  Lee, Jaewon ^a   Corbett, J Martin ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banking; Downsizing; Employee attitudes; Employees; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745859735     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940610659542     Document Type: Article

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