Strategy, culture and HRM: Evidence from the UK food retailing sector

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 75-90

  Ogbonna, Emmanuel ^a   Whipp, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002904579     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1999.tb00211.x     Document Type: Article

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