Breaking them in or eliciting their best? Reframing socialization around newcomers' authentic self-expression

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-36

  Cable, Daniel M ^a   Gino, Francesca ^b   Staats, Bradley R ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Best self; Employee retention; Identity; Outsourcing; Self expression; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875787865     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839213477098     Document Type: Article

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