Workforce reduction and job-seeker attraction: Examining job seekers' reactions to firm workforce-reduction policies

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-603

  Kammeyer Mueller, John ^a   Liao, Hui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33845687297     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20133     Document Type: Article

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