Beyond the basic background check: hiring the “right” employees

Management Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Brody, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Asset protection; Fraud; Human resourcing; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992957325     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171011030372     Document Type: Review

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