Within or without? How firms combine internal and external labor markets to fill jobs

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1035-1055

  Bidwell, Matthew ^a   Keller, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84906969561     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0119     Document Type: Article

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