Impact of organizational socialization tactics on newcomer job satisfaction and engagement: Core self-evaluations as moderators

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 46, Issue , 2015, Pages 180-189

  Song, Zibin ^a   Chon, Kaye ^b   Ding, Geng ^a   Gu, Cao ^c  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core self evaluations; Job satisfaction; Moderation effects; Organizational assimilation; Organizational socialization tactics; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924294445     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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