Employee identification before and after an internal merger: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-128

  Bartels, Jos ^a   Pruyn, Ad ^b   de Jong, Menno ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 67249101918     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317908X283770     Document Type: Article

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