Status, equity and social identification during an intergroup merger: A longitudinal study

British Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 557-577

  Amiot, Catherine E ^a,b   Terry, Deborah J ^a   Callan, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AVIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 34948842859     PISSN: 01446665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466606X146015     Document Type: Article

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