Job characteristic beliefs and personality as antecedents of subjective person-job fit

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-226

  Ehrhart, Karen Holcombe ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job characteristics; Person job fit; Personality; Subjective fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750802117     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-006-9025-6     Document Type: Article

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