Relocation or dislocation? Key issues in the specialist management of group moves

Management Research News

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 22-36

  Carter, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Management techniques; Organizational change; Relocation; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077248     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409179910781670     Document Type: Article

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