Opportunistic hiring and employee fit

Human Resource Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 301-317

  Levesque, Laurie L ^a,b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Management Department   (United States)

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EID: 25444465153     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20072     Document Type: Review

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