Applicant reactions to the employment interview. A look at demographic similarity and social identity theory

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 561-571

  Goldberg, Caren B ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Recruitment; Relational demography; Social identity theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038118573     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00267-3     Document Type: Article

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