Globalization, human resource practices and innovation: Recent evidence from the Canadian workplace and employee survey

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-240

  Walsworth, Scott ^a   Verma, Anil ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RESOURCE; INNOVATION; LABOR RELATIONS; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947268722     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00466.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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