A 'partnership' route to human resource management?

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-257

  Hunter, Laurie ^a   Beaumont, Phil ^b   Sinclair, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030095306     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1996.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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