High-involvement management and workforce reduction: Competitive advantage or disadvantage?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 999-1015

  Zatzick, Christopher D ^a   Iverson, Roderick D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33751257142     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.22798180     Document Type: Article

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