Acquaintance, meritocracy and critical realism: Researching recruitment and selection processes in smaller and growth organizations

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 478-489

  Taylor, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Recruitment and selection; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750480556     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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