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Applicants’ Faith in Recruiters’ Intuition Predicts Process Favorability for the Unstructured Employment Interview

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|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjwop.183 | Journal eISSN: 2002-2867
Language: English
Page range: 10 - 10
Submitted on: Mar 26, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 22, 2023
Published on: Sep 18, 2023
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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