Recruiting through advertising or employee referrals: Costs, yields, and the effects of geographic focus

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-366

  Rafaeli, Anat ^a   Hadomi, Ori ^b   Simons, Tal ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745700175     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320500183709     Document Type: Article

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