The Interplay Between Social Cynicism Beliefs and Person-Organization Fit on Work-Related Attitudes Among Chinese Employees

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-178

  Deng, Hong ^a   Guan, Yanjun ^b   Bond, Michael Harris ^c   Zhang, Zhiyong ^d   Hu, Tian ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 78651512075     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2010.00707.x     Document Type: Article

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