Socialization Perspectives and Positive Organizational Scholarship

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ashforth, Blake E ^a   Myers, Karen K ^b   Sluss, David M ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Learning; Proactivity; Psychological capital; Socialization; Thriving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924939799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199734610.013.0040     Document Type: Chapter

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