Managerial accounts of downsizing

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 623-639

  Palmer, Ian ^a   Kabanoff, Boris ^b   Dunford, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84890910782     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(199711)18:1+<623::aid-job909>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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