Newcomer socialization in China: Effects of team values and goal interdependence

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3317-3337

  Chen, Nancy Yifeng ^a   Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Huang, Xu ^b   Xu, Da ^c  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c China Mobile Group Shanghai Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

China; Conflict; Newcomer; Socialization; Team values

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053279128     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561244     Document Type: Article

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