More Applicants or More Applications per Applicant? A Big Question When Pools Are Small

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1675-1699

  Scullen, Steven E ^a   Meyer, Brad C ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hiring rate; order statistics; personnel selection; small applicant pools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907079894     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312438774     Document Type: Article

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