The impact of individual values on human resource decision-making by line managers

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-273

  McGuire, David ^a   Garavan, Thomas N ^b,e   Saha, Sudhir K ^c   O'Donnell, David ^d,f  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Intellectual Capital Research Institute of Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^f Intellectual Capital Research Institute of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Decision making; Human resource management; Middle managers; Professional ethics; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745440965     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720610672167     Document Type: Article

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