Applicant attraction to foreign companies: The case of Japanese companies in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-458

  Kim, Soyeon ^a   Froese Prof , Fabian Jintae ^b   Cox, Anne ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

applicant attraction; Individual values; Japanese companies; Person organization fittheory; Talent management; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871822379     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7941.2012.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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