Newcomer and Organizational Socialization Tactics: An Interactionist Perspective

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 453-474

  Griffin, Andrea E C ^a   Colella, Adrienne ^a   Goparaju, Srikanth ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041686074     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(00)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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