Recruiting and Selecting Professionals: Context, Qualities and Methods

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 142-156

  Scholarios, Dora ^a   Lockyer, Cliff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Professionals; Recruitment; Selection; Social process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033421395     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2389.00114     Document Type: Article

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