Attracting potential applicants to the military: The effects of initial face-to-face contacts

Human Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-122

  Schreurs, Bert ^a   Derous, Eva ^b   De Witte, Karel ^c   Proost, Karin ^c   Andriessen, Maarten ^c   Glabeke, Kathia ^c  

^a Belgian Ministry of Defense   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 19844382599     PISSN: 08959285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327043hup1802_1     Document Type: Article

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