Human resource management practice of service organizations: Evidence from selected Malaysian firms

Journal of Asia-Pacific Business

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 65-80

  Othman, Rozhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Employee role behaviour; Human resource management; Interactive component; Malaysia; Service firms; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142145894     PISSN: 10599231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j098v02n03_05     Document Type: Article

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