In an effort to capture key employees from competitors, firms may attract the symbolic leader of a group within a competing firm and hope others will follow. This has been termed
A)the Columbus effect.
B)knowledge integration.
C)the Pied Piper effect.
D)strategically competitive hiring.

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In The Wall Street Journal, Bernard Wysocki described the increase in a type of Pied Piper effect, in which teams or networks of people are leaving one company for another. The trend is to recruit job candidates at the crux of social relationships in organizations, particularly if they are seen as having the potential to bring with them valuable colleagues.

In an Effort to Capture Key Employees from Competitors, Firms