Workplace Branding: Leveraging Human Resources Management Practices for Competitive Advantage Through "Best Employer" Surveys

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-181

  Love, Linda F ^a   Singh, Parbudyal ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Best employer; Best employer surveys; Best human resource practices; Human resources competitive advantage; Workplace branding

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956132368     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9226-5     Document Type: Article

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