Social influence and job choice decisions

Employee Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-156

  Kulkarni, Mukta ^a   Nithyanand, Siddharth ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b Aspiring Minds Assessment Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Employees behaviour; India; Influence; Job choice; Jobs; Recruitment; Social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870605635     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451311287844     Document Type: Article

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