I Cannot Afford to Have a Life: Employee Adaptation to Feelings of Job Insecurity

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 887-915

  Boswell, Wendy R ^a   Olson Buchanan, Julie B ^b   Harris, T Brad ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 84912046930     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12061     Document Type: Article

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