Line managers' views on adopting human resource roles: The case of Hilton (UK) hotels

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-49

  Watson, Sandra ^a   Maxwell, Gillian A ^b   Farquharson, Lois ^b  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Hotels; Human resource management; Line managers; Strategic management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845421754     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710714469     Document Type: Article

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