Organizational adaptability

Individual Adaptability to Changes at Work: New Directions in Research

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 73-92

  Ployhart, Robert E ^a   Turner, Scott F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 84954607335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203465721     Document Type: Chapter

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