Strategic decisions regarding the vertical integration of human resource organizations: Evidence for an integrated HR model for the financial services and non-financial services industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1726-1771

  Wahrenburg, Mark ^a   Hackethal, Andreas ^a   Friedrich, Lars ^a   Gellrich, Tom ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Human resource management; Organizational performance; Outsourcing; Principal agent theory; Resource based theory; Transaction cost theory; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750355397     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600964467     Document Type: Article

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