The impact of layoffs on survivors: An organizational fustice perspective

Applied Social Psychology and Organizational Settings

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-75

  Brockner, Joel ^a   Greenberg, Jerald ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942598516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315728377     Document Type: Chapter

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