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Cybervetting: Facebook is dead, long live LinkedIn?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2022

Nicolas Roulin Open the ORCID record for Nicolas Roulin [Opens in a new window]  and
Sébastien Fernandez
Nicolas Roulin*
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Saint Mary’s University
Sébastien Fernandez
Affiliation:
EHL Hospitality Business School, HES-SO, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , pp. 365 - 370
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