Post-merger identification as a function of pre-merger identification, relative representation, and pre-merger status

European Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-389

  Boen, Filip ^a,b   Vanbeselaere, Norbert ^a   Brebels, Lieven ^a,c   Huybens, Wouter ^a   Millet, Kobe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Exercise and Sport Psychology and Coaching   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33947262071     PISSN: 00462772     EISSN: 10990992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.367     Document Type: Article

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