An exploratory study on contingency factors affecting R&D performance measurement

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 502-512

  Cho, Eunseong ^a   Lee, Mushin ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Performance measurement (quality); Project evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844459693     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720510625421     Document Type: Article

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