Perceived similarity, proactive adjustment, and organizational socialization

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-236

  Kammeyer Mueller, John D ^a   Livingston, Beth A ^b   Liao, Hui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b and History   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Proactive behavior; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951958681     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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