Strategy, selection, and sustained competitive advantage

Handbook of Employee Selection

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 195-212

  Ployhart, Robert E ^a   Weekley, Jeff A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Kenexa   (United States)

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EID: 84960282613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809808     Document Type: Chapter

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