The role of social cognition in downsizing decisions

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-405

  Dwyer, Dale J ^a   Arbelo, Morgan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Downsizing; Managerial decision making; Relational demography; Social cognitive bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859916421     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941211220199     Document Type: Article

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