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How do you socialize newcomers during a pandemic?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2021

Alan M. Saks  and
Jamie A. Gruman
Alan M. Saks*
Affiliation:
Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jamie A. Gruman
Affiliation:
Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Email: jgruman@uoguelph.ca
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: alan.saks@utoronto.ca
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 14 , Special Issue 1-2: Special Pandemic Issue , June 2021 , pp. 217 - 220
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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