Are business-oriented social networking web sites useful resources for locating passive jobseekers? Results of a recent study

Business Communication Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-105

  Dekay, Sam ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bank of New York Mellon   (United States)

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EID: 59449097415     PISSN: 10805699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1080569908330378     Document Type: Article

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