Person - Organization fit, job choice decisions, and organizational entry

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 294-311

  Cable, Daniel M ^a   Judge, Timothy A ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030240847     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/obhd.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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