Modeling an HR shared services center: Experience of an MNC in the United Kingdom

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-227

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745676595     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20105     Document Type: Review

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