Understanding newcomers' adaptability and work-related outcomes: Testing the mediating roles of perceived P-E fit variables

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-189

  Wang, Mo ^a   Zhan, Yujie ^a   Mccune, Elizabeth ^b   Truxillo, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951624772     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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