Not all responses to breach are the same: The interconnection of social exchange and psychological contract processes in organizations

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1098

  Dulac, Tanguy ^a   Coyle Shapiro, Jacqueline A M ^a   Henderson, David J ^b   Wayne, Sandy J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 59049101011     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2008.35732596     Document Type: Article

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