Person-job fit and work-related attitudes among chinese employees: Need for cognitive closure as moderator

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-260

  Guan, Yanjun ^a   Deng, Hong ^b   Bond, Michael Harris ^c   Chen, Sylvia Xiaohua ^c   Chan, Charles Ching hai ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77955854996     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2010.495664     Document Type: Article

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