Human resource management and performance: A neural network analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 453-467

  Stavrou, Eleni T ^a   Charalambous, Christakis ^a   Spiliotis, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Human resource management; Kohonen self organizing map (SOM); Performance

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC SECTORS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33847333802     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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