An exploration of corporate recruitment descriptions on Monster.com

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-136

  Backhaus, Kristin B ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Content analysis; Employer branding; Internet; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744494240     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943603259585     Document Type: Article

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