Human resource outsourcing and organizational performance in manufacturing firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-240

  Gilley, K Matthew ^a   Greer, Charles R ^b   Rasheed, Abdul A ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource outsourcing; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307182     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00304-1     Document Type: Article

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