The Trapped Administrator: Effects of Job Insecurity and Policy Resistance Upon Commitment to a Course of Action

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Frederick V. Fox, Barry M. Staw, The Trapped Administrator: Effects of Job Insecurity and Policy Resistance Upon Commitment to a Course of Action, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Sep., 1979), pp. 449-471

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