Employee attitudes toward organizational socialization in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Singapore

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 468-485

  Taormina, Robert J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0012233669     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: 15526879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886398344014     Document Type: Article

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