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Volume 15, Issue 1
1 February 1994
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Research Article| February 01 1994

Research Note: How Management Students Select Prospective Employers

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Carl R. Phillips
Department of Management, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA
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Antoinette S. Phillips
Department of Management, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA
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Samuel D. Cappel
Department of Management, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, USA
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6577
Print ISSN: 0143-7720
© MCB UP Limited
1994
International Journal of Manpower (1994) 15 (1): 55–59.
https://doi.org/10.1108/01437729410053581

Suggests that past research has revealed a number of determinants of selection decisions for college students. Given the trend towards“generalist” degrees, aims to examine how graduating seniors in a general business field (management) would rate certain job factors. Reports business management seniors′ ratings of 23 factors potentially present in workplaces. Discusses the most and least important factors and presents implications for organizational recruiting practices.

Keywords: Employers, Job evaluation, Management studies, Organizational policy, Recruitment, Selection, Students
© MCB UP Limited
1994
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