Recruiting leaders: An analysis of leadership advertisements

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-75

  Den Hartog, Deanne N ^a   Caley, Anne ^b   Dewe, Philip ^b  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845678183     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2007.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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