"on the move" or "staying put": Locomotion, need for closure, and reactions to organizational change

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1305-1340

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Pierro, Antonio ^b   Higgins, E Tory ^c   Capozza, Dora ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 34248586628     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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