Recruiters' and applicants' reactions to campus interviews and employment decisions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1619-1640

  Powell, Gary N ^a   Goulet, Laurel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030300584     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/257071     Document Type: Article

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