Evaluating the importance and performance of the human resources function: An examination of a medium sized Scottish retailer

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-156

  McLean, Morag ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HR evaluation; Measuring HR; Performance; Retailing

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RETAILING;

EID: 31644436279     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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