Multilevel and Strategic Recruiting: Where Have We Been, Where Can We Go From Here?

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1416-1445

  Phillips, Jean M ^a   Gully, Stanley M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

recruitment; resource based theory; sourcing strategies; strategic HRM; strategic human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930320583     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206315582248     Document Type: Review

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