Speaking of dominance, status differences, and identification: Making sense of a merger

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 627-643

  van Vuuren, Mark ^a   Beelen, Paul ^a   de Jong, Menno D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78049503497     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317909X463661     Document Type: Article

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