Met expectations and supplies-values fit of Dutch young adults as determinants of work outcomes

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 366-382

  Taris, Ruben ^a   Feij, Jan A ^b   van Vianen, Annelies E M ^c  

^a Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Met expectations; Supplies values fit; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044414507     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000339552     Document Type: Article

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