Group status as a determinant of organizational identification after a takeover: A social identity perspective

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-560

  Boen, Filip ^a   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^a   Cool, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Group status; Organizational mergers; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749595364     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430206067555     Document Type: Article

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