Navigating the Black Hole: Explicating Layers of Job Search Context and Adaptational Responses

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 887-926

  Wanberg, Connie ^a   Basbug, Gokce ^b   Van Hooft, Edwin A J ^c   Samtani, Archana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TheLadderscom ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84868335735     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12005     Document Type: Article

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