Applicant-employee similarity and attraction to an employer

Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Devendorf, Shelba A ^a   Highhouse, Scott ^b  

^a Personnel Decisions Research Institutes   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650311316     PISSN: 09631798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/096317907X248842     Document Type: Article

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