Getting on board: Organizational socialization and the contribution of social capital

Human Relations

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 407-428

  Korte, Russell ^a   Lin, Shumin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

organizational socialization; social capital; social networks; work groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874620546     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712461927     Document Type: Article

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