Attracting Generation Y graduates: Organisational attributes, likelihood to apply and sex differences

Career Development International

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 504-522

  Terjesen, Siri ^a   Vinnicombe, Susan ^b   Freeman, Cheryl ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Graduates; Job applications; Recruitment; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148897322     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430710821994     Document Type: Article

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