Making sense of a new employment relationship: Psychological contract-related information seeking and the role of work values and locus of control

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-52

  De Vos, Ans ^a,c   Buyens, Dirk ^a   Schalk, René ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

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EID: 15544370105     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0965-075X.2005.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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