Human resources management in Spain: Is it possible to speak of a typical model?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 935-958

  Camelo, Carmen ^a   Martín, Fernando ^a   Romero, Pedro M ^a   Valle, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Empirical analysis; Human resource management system; Spanish case; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242766833     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190410001677250     Document Type: Article

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