Recruiting personnel in a tight labour market: An analysis of employers' behaviour

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 421-433

  Henkens, Kène ^a   Remery, Chantal ^b   Schippers, Joop ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Employers; The Netherlands; Workforce planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144473989     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720510615116     Document Type: Article

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