Investigating personnel selection from a counseling perspective: Do applicants' and recruiters' perceptions correspond?

Journal of Employment Counseling

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-72

  Derous, Eva ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547305013     PISSN: 00220787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2007.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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