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ERIC Number: EJ403464
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Do People Make the Place? An Examination of the Attraction-Selection-Attrition Hypothesis.
Bretz, Robert D., Jr.; And Others
Personnel Psychology, v42 n3 p561-81 Fall 1989
Tested hypotheses that congruence between internal need states and external environments drives organizational choice process and that those attracted to particular organizations are more homogeneous than general applicant pool. Evaluated college students (N=211) on 14 needs, then indicated job preferences based on two videotaped interviews. Results suggest that work force homogeneity may be quite complex. (TE)
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Language: English
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