Managers' Evaluations of Immigrant Job Applicants: The Influence of Acculturation Strategy on Perceived Person-Organization Fit (P-O Fit) and Hiring Outcome

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-60

  Horverak, Jøri Gytre ^a   Bye, Hege Høivik ^a   Sandal, Gro Mjeldheim ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

acculturation strategy; hiring outcome; immigrant job applicants; person organization fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871000935     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111430256     Document Type: Article

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