Coping with the Sudden Loss of an Indispensable Employee: An Exploratory Case Study

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-228

  Starke, Frederick A ^a   Dyck, Bruno ^a   Mauws, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

indispensable employee; loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990374532     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886303255959     Document Type: Article

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