The effects of person-organization ethical fit on employee attraction and retention: Towards a testable explanatory model

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-622

  Coldwell, David A ^b   Billsberry, Jon ^a   Van Meurs, Nathalie ^a   Marsh, Philip J G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attraction; Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; Ethics; Person organization fit; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749165004     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9371-y     Document Type: Article

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