Understanding the Emotional Experience of Organizational Change: Evidence from a Merger

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-61

  Kiefer, Tina ^a  

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EID: 84990397398     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422302004001004     Document Type: Article

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