What determines the size of the HR function? A cross-national analysis

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  Brewster, Chris ^a   Wood, Geoff ^b,c   Brookes, Michael ^d   Van Ommeren, Jos ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33645135133     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20093     Document Type: Article

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