Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-464

  Michie, Jonathan ^a   Sheehan, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Flexibility; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044428008     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000339598     Document Type: Article

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