Human resource management practices in Eritrea: Challenges and prospects

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-163

  Ghebregiorgis, Fitsum ^a,b   Karsten, Luchien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ASMARA   (Eritrea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Employee involvement; Eritrea; Human resource management; Management styles; Managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344473892     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610639374     Document Type: Review

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