Organizational context and human resource management strategy: A structural equation analysis of Hong Kong firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 264-277

  Fields, Dail ^a   Chan, Andrew ^b   Akhtar, Syed ^b  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contextual variables; Hong Kong companies; Human resource management strategy; Structural equation models; Top management; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345252367     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900339864     Document Type: Article

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