Employee responses to acquisitions: Evidence from Greek firms

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-120

  Nikandrou, Irene ^a   Papalexandris, Nancy ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Change management; Greece; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549047589     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810843311     Document Type: Article

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