Newcomer Socialization: The Role of Job Standardization

Public Personnel Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 579-589

  Hsiung, Tung Liang ^a   Hsieh, An Tien ^b  

^a JINWEN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0346904000     PISSN: 00910260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009102600303200408     Document Type: Article

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