Imprint–environment Fit and Performance: How Organizational Munificence at the Time of Hire Affects Subsequent Job Performance

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 639-668

  Tilcsik, András ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

careers in organizations; employee socialization; imprinting; imprint environment fit; job performance; organizational munificence and scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908501685     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214549042     Document Type: Article

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