New technology: The potential impact of surveillance techniques in recruitment practices

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-351

  Searle, Rosalind H ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Communication technologies; Databases; Privacy; Recruitment; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645821921     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610656720     Document Type: Review

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