Management capability and high performance work organization

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1029-1048

  Thompson, Marc ^a   Heron, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace; High performance work; Human resource practices; Management capability; Managerial rents; Value added per employee

Indexed keywords

EID: 22744454677     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500120806     Document Type: Article

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