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Is there a bigger and better future for employer branding? Facing up to innovation, corporate reputations and wicked problems in SHRM

Graeme Martin Department of Management, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul J. Gollan Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Kerry Grigg Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Pages 3618-3637 | Published online: 19 Apr 2011

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