Betwixt and between: The dilemma of employee references

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Little, Beverly L ^a   Sipes, Daphne ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defamation; Employee references; Negligent hiring; Negligent referral

Indexed keywords

EID: 52849102628     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021960009433     Document Type: Article

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