No regrets? An investigation of the relationship between being laid off and experiencing career regrets

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-804

  Sullivan, Sherry E ^a   Forret, Monica L ^b   Mainiero, Lisa A ^c  

^a Department of Management   (United States)

^b ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Careers; Employment; Individual behaviour; Organizational politics; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248988987     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710837723     Document Type: Article

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