A fuzzy multicriteria decision-making methodology for selection of human resources in a Greek private bank

Career Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-387

  Polychroniou, Panagiotis V ^a   Giannikos, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Banks; Career development; Decision making; Greece; Human resource management; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349612759     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430910979853     Document Type: Article

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