Determinants of human resource management practices in small firms: Some evidence from Atlantic Canada

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 13-23

  Wagar, Terry H ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0032220742     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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