Business strategy and performance: The role of human resource management control

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 294-309

  Liao, Yao Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Control; Corporate strategy; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744399936     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510591444     Document Type: Review

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