Modelling post-acquisition employee behavior: Typology and determining factors

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-91

  Bourantas, Dimitris ^a   Nicandrou, Irene I ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

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EID: 84986042628     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810369841     Document Type: Article

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