Social-identity functions of attraction to organizations

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-146

  Highhouse, Scott ^a   Thornbury, Erin E ^a   Little, Ian S ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicant attraction; Impression management; Organizational identity; Recruitment; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247183004     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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