STRIVING FOR SELF-VERIFICATION DURING ORGANIZATIONAL
@inproceedings{Cable2012STRIVINGFS,
title={STRIVING FOR SELF-VERIFICATION DURING ORGANIZATIONAL},
author={Daniel M. Cable},
year={2012}
}“Self-verification striving” means bringing others to know you for who you really are, which can be difficult during organizational entry. We predict that some individuals place higher value on self-verification striving than others and that these differences affect the organizational entry process. We present results from two samples of 2,673 people from 107 countries to show how self-verification striving is independent from related constructs (i.e., self-disclosure, self-monitoring, core…
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