Modes of theorizing in strategic human resource management: Tests of universalistic, contingency, and configurational performance predictions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 802-835

  Delery, John E ^a   Doty, D Harold ^a  

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EID: 0030305470     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256713     Document Type: Article

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