When Preference Is Not Satisfied but the Individual Is: How Power Distance Moderates Person-Job Fit

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 641-675

  Lee, Yih teen ^a   Antonakis, John ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

choice; job formalization; moderation; national culture; person job fit; power distance; response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894826955     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311436080     Document Type: Article

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