Exploring the potential of high performance work systems in SMEs

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-207

  Drummond, Ian ^a,b   Stone, Ian ^b  

^a Small Business Service   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Human resource management; Organizational culture; Small to medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845439580     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710720011     Document Type: Article

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