Perceived organizational support and embeddedness as key mechanisms connecting socialization tactics to commitment and turnover among new employees

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-369

  Allen, David G ^a   Shanock, Linda Rhoades ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; POS; Socialization; Turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875629346     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1805     Document Type: Article

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