Organizational safety climate and supervisory layoff decisions: Preferences versus predictions

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1630-1648

  Probst, Tahira M ^a,b   Brubaker, Ty L ^c  

^a Washington State University Vancouver ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34250900412     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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