Human resource management in the North American automotive industry: A meta-analytic review

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-254

  Zacharatos, Anthea ^a   Hershcovis, M Sandy ^a   Turner, Nick ^a   Barling, Julian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Human resource management; Job analysis; Management information systems; North America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846656302     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710726127     Document Type: Article

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