The HR department's role in organisational performance

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-66

  Hailey, Veronica Hope ^a   Farndale, Elaine ^b   Truss, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33144476270     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00153.x     Document Type: Article

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