Integrating the levels of person-environment fit: The roles of vocational fit and group fit

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-81

  Vogel, Ryan M ^a   Feldman, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Person environment fit; Person group fit; Person job fit; Person organization fit; Person vocation fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349133539     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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