Toward a social context theory of the human resource management-organization effectiveness relationship

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-264

  Ferris, Gerald R ^a   Arthur, Michelle M ^a   Berkson, Howard M ^a   Kaplan, David M ^a   Harrell Cook, Gloria ^b   Frink, Dwight D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Univ Illinois at Urbana Champaign ^*

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EID: 0001512464     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1053-4822(98)90004-3     Document Type: Article

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