The Relationship of Recruiting Sources and Pre-Hire Outcomes: Examination of Yield Ratios and Applicant Quality

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2267-2287

  Breaugh, James A ^a,b   Greising, Leslie A ^a   Taggart, James W ^a   Chen, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 1042302952     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb01884.x     Document Type: Article

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