Toward a strategic human resource management model of high reliability organization performance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 907-928

  Ericksen, Jeff ^a   Dyer, Lee ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource; Performance; Reliability; Work system

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744445961     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500120731     Document Type: Article

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