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The influence of organizational responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on employee outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Agnieszka K. Shepard*
Affiliation:
Stetson-Hatcher School of Business, Mercer University, Macon, GA, USA
Lilah I. Donnelly
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Mercer University, Macon, GA, USA
Tapan Seth
Affiliation:
School of Business, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA, USA
*
*Corresponding author. Email: shepard_a@mercer.edu

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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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Footnotes

Agnieszka K. Shepard is an assistant professor of Management at Mercer University. Lilah I. Donnelly is a student at Mercer University. Tapan Seth is an associate professor of Management at Robert Morris University.

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