The effect of human resource management policies on organizational performance in Greek manufacturing firms

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-35

  Katou, Anastasia A ^a   Budhwar, Pawan S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b International HRM ^*

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846663900     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20129     Document Type: Article

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