The diffusion of human-resource information-technology innovations in US and non-US firms

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 684-710

  Florkowski, Gary W ^a   Olivas Luján, Miguel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Europe; Human resource management; Innovation; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749410379     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610702737     Document Type: Article

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