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Applicant evaluations of formal position advertisements: The influence of sex, job message content, and information order

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Winter, P.A. Applicant evaluations of formal position advertisements: The influence of sex, job message content, and information order. J Pers Eval Educ 10, 105–116 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156892

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