The human resource management practice of retail branding. An ethnography within Oxfam Trading Division

International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 514-530

  Girod, Stéphane J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charities; Human resource management; Retailers

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244471963     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550510605587     Document Type: Article

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