A Swiss-US Comparison of the Correlates of Job Insecurity

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-159

  König, Cornelius J ^a   Probst, Tahira M ^b   Staffen, Sarah ^a   Graso, Maja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650219954     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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