The 'science' and 'practice' of HRM in small firms

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Mayson, Susan ^a   Barrett, Rowena ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Small firms; Strategic human resource management; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750449013     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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