Downsizings, mergers, and acquisitions: Perspectives of human resource development practitioners

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-153

  Shook, Laverne ^a   Roth, Gene ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Downsizing; Employees; Human resource development; Human resource strategies; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992993082     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591111109343     Document Type: Article

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