The relationship between person-organization fit and job satisfaction

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 946-959

  Chen, Pei ^a   Sparrow, Paul ^b   Cooper, Cary ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Mediation; Moderation; Person organization fit; Service industry; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975046581     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-08-2014-0236     Document Type: Article

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