Attracting job candidates to organizations

Handbook of Employee Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-150

  Ryan, Ann Marie ^a   Delany, Tanya ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

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EID: 84865727632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809808     Document Type: Chapter

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