Antecedents and Consequences of Employer Branding

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-72

  Biswas, Mukesh K ^a   Suar, Damodar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Company performance; Consequences; Employer branding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919363500     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2502-3     Document Type: Article

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