Attraction to organizational culture profiles: Effects of realistic recruitment and vertical and horizontal individualism-collectivism

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-472

  Gardner, William L ^a   Reithel, Brian J ^b   Foley, Richard T ^c   Cogliser, Claudia C ^d   Walumbwa, Fred O ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c Arizona State University ^*

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horizontal and vertical individualism collectivism; Organizational attraction; Organizational culture; Realistic job preview; Realistic recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149494645     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318908327006     Document Type: Article

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