HR department professionalism: A comparison between the UK and other European countries

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 660-675

  Farndale, Elaine ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board membership; European comparisons; Human resources department; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744441929     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500082626     Document Type: Article

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