The critical contact: A study of recruiter verbal behavior during campus interviews

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-223

  DeBell, Camille S ^a   Montgomery, Marilyn J ^a   McCarthy, Patricia R ^b   Lanthier, Richard P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 54649083811     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369803500202     Document Type: Article

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