Human resource management in smaller firms: A contradiction in terms?

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-477

  Marlow, Susan ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Human resource management; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750473412     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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