In the trenches at the Talent wars: Competitive interaction for scarce human resources

Human Resource Management

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-237

  Gardner, Timothy M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0141942584     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10033     Document Type: Article

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