The motivations for and outcomes of employee referrals

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-283

  Shinnar, Rachel S ^a   Young, Cheri A ^a   Meana, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudinal advocacy; Employee referrals; Self persuasion; Word of mouth communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744438359     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-004-0552-8     Document Type: Article

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