From Dust Bowl Empiricism to Rational Constructs in Biographical Data

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-167

  Schoenfeldt, Lyle F ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042096301     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(99)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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