Study of remaining employees’ continuance commitment after downsizing from the perspective of job satisfaction

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-124

  Tsai, Philip C F ^a   Wu, Shu Ling ^a   Yvonne Yen, Yu Fang ^a   Ho, Chin Ming ^a   Huang, Ing Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

continuance commitment; downsizing; job satisfaction; strategic human resource practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049036215     PISSN: 14656612     EISSN: 17415160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHRDM.2005.005988     Document Type: Article

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