Using colleague and team photographs in recruitment advertisements: Effects on applicant attraction

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-250

  Burt, Christopher D B ^a   Halloumis, Sophia A ^a   McIntyre, Sara ^a   Blackmore, Hilary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advertising; Applicant attraction; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954442630     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411109355358     Document Type: Article

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