Institutional and rational determinants of organizational practices: Human resource management in European firms

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-531

  Gooderham, Paul N ^a   Nordhaug, Odd ^a   Ringdal, Kristen ^a  

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EID: 0033247852     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666960     Document Type: Article

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