Foreword: Linking HRM and performance - A never-ending search?

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Marchington, Mick ^a   Zagelmeyer, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b International University   (Germany)

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EID: 33144487066     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00292.x     Document Type: Editorial

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