Testing the impact of job search and recruitment source on new hire turnover in a maquiladora

Applied Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-271

  Linnehan, Frank ^a   Blau, Gary ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042475160     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1464-0597.00134     Document Type: Review

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