Commonalities and contradictions in HRM and performance research

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 67-94

  Boselie, Paul ^a   Dietz, Graham ^b   Boon, Corine ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33144473778     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00154.x     Document Type: Review

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