Exploring the partnership between line managers and HRM in Greece

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-291

  Papalexandris, Nancy ^a   Panayotopoulou, Leda ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Human resource management; Line managers; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444436802     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590510597133     Document Type: Article

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