Doing more with less? Employee reactions to psychological contract breach via target similarity or spillover during public sector organizational change

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 737-754

  Conway, Neil ^a   Kiefer, Tina ^b   Hartley, Jean ^c   Briner, Rob B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84908227267     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12041     Document Type: Article

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