Internet recruiting: Effects of website content features on viewers' perceptions of organizational culture

International Journal of Selection and Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-34

  Braddy, Phillip W ^a   Meade, Adam W ^b   Michael, Joan J ^b   Fleenor, John W ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60449101066     PISSN: 0965075X     EISSN: 14682389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2389.2009.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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