How do newcomers fit in? The dynamics between person-environment fit and social capital across cultures

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-174

  Lee, Yih Teen ^a   Reiche, B Sebastian ^a   Song, Dongmei ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

individualism collectivism; organizational newcomers; person environment fit; power distance; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956472843     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595810370911     Document Type: Review

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