Is there more than one way to manage human resources in companies?

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-50

  Melián González, Santiago ^a   Verano Tacoronte, Domingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Best practice; Contingency planning; Human capital; Human resource management; Human resource strategies; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644476246     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610636777     Document Type: Review

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