High-involvement work practices and analysts' forecasts of corporate earnings

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 519-537

  Benson, George S ^a,b   Young, Susan M ^c   Lawler III, Edward E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845761369     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20130     Document Type: Article

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