Person-organization fit: Testing socialization and attraction-selection-attrition hypotheses

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  De Cooman, Rein ^a   Gieter, Sara De ^a   Pepermans, Roland ^a   Hermans, Sabrina ^a   Bois, Cindy Du ^a   Caers, Ralf ^a   Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASA model; New entrants; Person organization fit; Socialization; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549083952     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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