Work values: An integrative framework and illustrative application to organizational socialization

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-240

  Dose, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0031523910     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1997.tb00645.x     Document Type: Article

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