Who goes? Who cares? Who stays? Who wants to?:The role of contingent workers and corporate layoff practices

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 298-315

  Bishop, James W ^a   Goldsby, Michael G ^b   Neck, Christopher P ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Layoffs; Organizational policy; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986064578     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940210428100     Document Type: Article

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