The relationship between applicant reactions, the likelihood of complaints, and organization attractiveness

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-257

  Thibodeaux, Henry F ^a   Kudisch, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a United States Office of Personnel Management   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicant reactions; Invasiveness; Job relatedness; Likelihood of complaints

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043103525     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027353216186     Document Type: Article

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