Matching Personality and Organizational Culture: Effects of Recruitment Strategy and the Five-Factor Model on Subjective Person-Organization Fit

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 585-622

  Gardner, William L ^a   Reithel, Brian J ^b   Cogliser, Claudia C ^a   Walumbwa, Fred O ^c   Foley, Richard T ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Independent   (United States)

Author keywords

competing values; Five Factor model of personality; organizational culture; person organization fit; realistic job preview

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870602558     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318912450663     Document Type: Article

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