Sense-making of employment: On whether and why people read employment advertising

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 747-770

  Rafaeli, Anat ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 33747128889     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.399     Document Type: Article

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