Strategic human resource management within a resource-capability view of the firm

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-233

  Kamoche, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030095255     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1996.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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