Small entrepreneurial ventures culture, change and the impact on HRM: A critical review

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 456-466

  Jack, Sarah ^a   Hyman, Jeff ^b   Osborne, Fraser ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Human resource; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750459739     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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