Sequential and combined effects of recruitment information on applicant reactions

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-365

  Saks, Alan M ^a   Uggerslev, Krista L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applicant attraction; Applicant reactions; Belief updating model; Multiple recruiting activities; Phases of the recruiting process; Recruiter behaviors; Recruitment stages; Repeated measures; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955092756     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9142-0     Document Type: Article

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