Relationships between selected human resource management practices and dairy farm performance

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1116-1120

  Stup, R E ^a   Hyde, J ^a   Holden, L A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Labor management; Productivity; Profitability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MILK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; FEMALE; JOB DESCRIPTION; LANGUAGE; MEXICO; MILK; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744998978     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72180-4     Document Type: Article

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