'Business as usual?' Retail employee perceptions of organizational life following cross-border acquisition

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-231

  Pioch, Elke ^a  

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EID: 34250721649     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190601102364     Document Type: Article

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