Financial participation and performance in Europe

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 54-67

  Kalmi, Panu ^a   Pendleton, Andrew ^b   Poutsma, Erik ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33144471672     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00295.x     Document Type: Review

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