Evidence of differences in applicant pool quality

Personnel Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 22-39

  Connerley, Mary L ^a   Carlson, Kevin D ^a   Mecham III, Ross L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertising effectiveness; Employee attitudes; Job descriptions; Recruitment; Recruitment advertising

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037219445     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480310454709     Document Type: Article

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