Employee coping with organizational change: An examination of alternative theoretical perspectives and models

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-36

  Fugate, Mel ^a   Kinicki, Angelo J ^b   Prussia, Gregory E ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 38949084522     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2008.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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