Rhetoric but whose reality? The influence of employability messages on employee mobility tactics and work group identification

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 846-868

  Hallier, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Management rhetorics; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651014895     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902770760     Document Type: Article

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