The relative importance of proactive behaviors and outcomes for predicting newcomer learning, well-being, and work engagement

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 318-331

  Cooper Thomas, Helena D ^a   Paterson, Nicole L ^a   Stadler, Matthias J ^a   Saks, Alan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Newcomer; Organizational socialization; Proactive behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899856361     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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