Managing human resources in Africa: Strategic, organizational and epistemological issues

International Business Review

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 537-558

  Kamoche, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Environment; Human resource management; Resource capability; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031521516     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(97)00020-6     Document Type: Review

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