Firm size and recruitment: Staffing practices in small and large organisations in north Cyprus

Career Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-114

  Tanova, Cem ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Human resource management; Recruitment; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178221     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430310465534     Document Type: Article

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