Temporary versus permanent group membership: How the future prospects of newcomers affect newcomer acceptance and newcomer influence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 764-775

  Rink, Floor A ^a   Ellemers, Naomi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Future prospects; Influence; Newcomers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STANDARD; WORK;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORK;

EID: 65549131503     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209333177     Document Type: Article

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