Who believes us? Understanding managers' agreement with human resource research findings

Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 304-325

  Colbert, Amy E ^a   Rynes, Sara L ^b   Brown, Kenneth G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic practitioner belief gaps; Human resource research findings; Information search; Learning through work experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944515438     PISSN: 00218863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021886305275799     Document Type: Review

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