Shopping down different aisles: A review of the literature on human resource management in food retailing

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-32

  Marchington, Mick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food retailing; Human resource management; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011103447     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-6989(95)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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