Recruitment and selection services: Efficiency and competitive reasons in the outsourcing of HR practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 372-391

  Ordanini, Andrea ^a   Silvestri, Giacomo ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Outsourcing; Recruitment; Selection; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749125215     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701799960     Document Type: Article

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