Cross-cultural development of an abridged job insecurity measure

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-390

  Lee, Cynthia ^a,f   Bobko, Philip ^b   Ashford, Susan ^c,g   Chen, Zhen Xiong ^d,h   Ren, Xiaopeng ^e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^f Department of International Management and Organizational Behavior ^*

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 51449100813     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.513     Document Type: Article

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