Human resource management policies and productivity: New evidence from an econometric case study

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 526-538

  Jones, Derek C ^a   Kalmi, Panu ^b   Kauhanen, Antti ^b  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; HUMAN RESOURCE; POLICY STRATEGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RETAILING;

EID: 33845387436     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj031     Document Type: Review

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