Employer branding in the Belgian army: The importance of instrumental and symbolic beliefs for potential applicants, actual applicants, and military employees

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-69

  Lievens, Filip ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 33947354541     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20145     Document Type: Article

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