Do organizational climate and competitive strategy moderate the relationship between human resource management and productivity?

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 492-512

  Neal, Andrew ^a   West, Michael A ^b,c   Patterson, Malcolm G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Employee motivation; Human resource management; Organizational climate; Productivity (employee)

Indexed keywords

EID: 23644448774     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304272188     Document Type: Article

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