Influence of the sector and the environment on human resource practices' effectiveness

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1349-1373

  Ordiz, Mónica ^a   Fernández, Esteban ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity sector; Competition; Environment; Human resource management; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344457129     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190500220242     Document Type: Article

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