The Instrumental-Symbolic Framework: Organisational Image and Attractiveness of Potential Applicants and their Companions at a Job Fair

Applied Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-335

  Van Hoye, Greet ^a   Saks, Alan M ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 79952049960     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: 14640597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2010.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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