A contingency perspective of the importance of PJ fit and PO fit in employee selection

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 118-131

  Sekiguchi, Tomoki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Recruitment; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947511523     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940710726384     Document Type: Article

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