Dyadic Fit and the Process of Organizational Socialization

Organizational Fit: Key Issues and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 50-73

  Kammeyer Mueller, John D ^a   Schilpzand, Pauline ^b,c   Rubenstein, Alex L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

"like" "dislike" emotions; Dyadic fit model; Exploring dyadic fit; New methodologies; Organizational socialization; Person environment fit; Personal disclosure; Relationships, and fit; Social acceptance; Socialized newcomers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888742043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118320853.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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