Evaluating levels of strategic integration and devolvement of human resource management in the UK

Personnel Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-161

  Budhwar, Pawan S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delegation; Human resource management; Integration; Strategic management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842687782     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480010295952     Document Type: Review

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