Toward a multidimensional theory of person-environment fit

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-212

  Jansen, Karen J ^a   Kristof Brown, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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