Survival of the fittest or the least fit? When psychology meets ecology in organizational demography

Perspectives on Organizational Fit

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 287-315

  Ellis, Aimee D ^a   Tsui, Anne S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920619839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810026     Document Type: Chapter

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