Barriers to effective HRM

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 494-516

  Kane, Bob ^a   Crawford, John ^a   Grant, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Barriers; Competitive advantage; Human resource management; NewZealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483832     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729910302705     Document Type: Article

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