Effective employment brand equity through sustainable competitive advantage, marketing strategy, and corporate image

Traditional human resource management does not consider adopting a marketing approach in creating a positive company image to enable the recruitment of better employees. Recently, however, many scholars have attempted to apply marketing principles to recruitment management. Marketing can help create...

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Main Authors: Kim, K.H., Jeon, B.J., Jung, H.S., Wei, Lyu, Jones, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2011
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296311002116
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38470
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Summary:Traditional human resource management does not consider adopting a marketing approach in creating a positive company image to enable the recruitment of better employees. Recently, however, many scholars have attempted to apply marketing principles to recruitment management. Marketing can help create an effective image for a firm and position the firm as a good place to work. The study here examine ways marketing management relates to recruitment marketing in the hospital industry and finds that a hospital's sustainable competitive advantage, marketing strategy, and employment brand equity can influence the intention of medical doctors to pursue job opportunities.