The effect of human resource management practices on the job retention of former welfare clients

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-559

  Deckop, John R ^a   Konrad, Alison M ^b   Perlmutter, Felice Davidson ^a   Freely, Joshua L ^a,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project   (United States)

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EID: 33845706827     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20131     Document Type: Article

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