The perceived importance of person-job fit and person-organization fit between and within interview stages

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-226

  Chuang, Aichia ^a,c   Sackett, Paul R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interview stage; Person job fit; Person organization fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944399419     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2005.33.3.209     Document Type: Review

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