Social Identity and Corporate Mergers

Social and Personality Psychology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 333-345

  Giessner, Steffen R ^a   Ullrich, Johannes ^b   van Dick, Rolf ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 79959661649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2011.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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