Social exchange and organizational commitment: Decision-making training for job choice as an alternative to the realistic job preview

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 613-637

  Ganzach, Yoav ^a   Pazy, Asya ^a   Ohayun, Yehudit ^a   Brainin, Esther ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

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EID: 0036746467     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2002.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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