Employee recruitment: Current knowledge and important areas for future research

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-118

  Breaugh, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicant decision making; Employee recruitment; Job search

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249111272     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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