The moderating role of employability on the relationship between job insecurity and commitment to change

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-344

  Kalyal, Hina Jawaid ^a   Berntson, Erik ^b   Baraldi, Stephan ^b   Näswall, Katharina ^b   Sverke, Magnus ^b,c  

^a National University of Sciences and Technology   (Pakistan)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Commitment; Control; Human resource management; Public sector; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954592443     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09351214     Document Type: Article

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