The psychological antecedents of employee referrals

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1769-1791

  Bloemer, Josée ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee referrals; Information complexity; Position involvement; Volitional choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956516945     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.500494     Document Type: Article

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