Selecting the Good vs. Rejecting the bad: Regulatory focus effects on staffing decision making

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-150

  Kuhn, Kristine M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Perception; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921666693     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21625     Document Type: Article

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