Strategic human resources management: Where do we go from here?

Journal of Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 898-925

  Becker, Brian E ^a   Huselid, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black box; Differentiation; Human resources; Implementation; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750691958     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206306293668     Document Type: Article

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