Organizationally sensible versus legal-centric approaches to employment decisions

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-627

  Roehling, Mark V ^a   Wright, Patrick M ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 33845683966     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20134     Document Type: Article

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