Testing multidimensional models of person-group fit

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 536-556

  Young Seong, Jee ^a   Kristof Brown, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; Groups; Manufacturing industries; Multidimensional constructs; Person environment fit; Personality; Republic of Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865144096     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941211252419     Document Type: Article

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