Employee recruitment

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 389-416

  Breaugh, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

applicant attraction; employee referral; recruiters; recruitment message; recruitment methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872444188     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-113011-143757     Document Type: Review

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