The organizational socialization process: Review and development of a social capital model

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-152

  Fang, Ruolian ^a   Duffy, Michelle K ^b   Shaw, Jason D ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

core self evaluations; self monitoring; social capital; social networks; socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650327548     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310384630     Document Type: Review

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