Conceptualising employer branding in sustainable organisations

Corporate Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-123

  Aggerholm, Helle Kryger ^a   Andersen, Sophie Esmann ^a   Thomsen, Christa ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Branding; Corporate communications; Corporate social responsibility; Employers; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955934299     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563281111141642     Document Type: Article

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