Socializing the newcomer: The mediating role of leader-member exchange

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-125

  Sluss, David M ^a   Thompson, Bryant S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Leader member exchange; Newcomer adjustment; Person organization fit; Social exchange theory; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864041394     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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