A Self-Regulation Approach to Person-Environment Fit

Organizational Fit: Key Issues and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 74-98

  Johnson, Russell E ^a   Taing, Meng U ^b   Chang, Chu Hsiang ^a   Kawamoto, Cristina K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback loops, "be" "do" goals; Hierarchical structure; Individual differences; PE fit, compatibility; PE velocity and attenuation; Self regulation and PE Fit; Self regulation theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888704907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118320853.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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