Corporate Social Responsibility, Applicants' Individual Traits, and Organizational Attraction: A Person-Organization Fit Perspective

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-362

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Gowan, Mary A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicant attraction; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical predispositions; Machiavellianism; Person organization fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865441494     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9250-5     Document Type: Article

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