Future employment selection methods: Evaluating social networking web sites

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 567-580

  Kluemper, Donald H ^a   Rosen, Peter A ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Recruitment; Selection; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349625308     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910974134     Document Type: Article

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