The search for meaning in (new) work: Task significance and newcomer plasticity

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-208

  Sluss, David M ^a   Ashforth, Blake E ^b   Gibson, Kerry R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Newcomer adjustment; Self efficacy; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865702450     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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