Strategic role of HRM in Turkey: A three-country comparative analysis

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-327

  Özçelik, Ayşe Oya ^a   Aydinli, Fulya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; European Union; Germany; Human resource management; Human resource strategies; Spain; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744765893     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590610673669     Document Type: Article

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