Exploring the Middle Range of Person-Environment Fit Theories through a Conservation of Resources Perspective

Organizational Fit: Key Issues and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 170-194

  Wheeler, Anthony R ^a   Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^b   Shanine, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

"resource caravan"; COR perspective; COR, and resource behavior; Middle range, PE fit theories; Mitigation; Multidimensional PE fit; Nomological network of PE; PO fit based stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888711327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118320853.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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