Measuring HRM: The acid test for managing intangible resources

Managing Human Resources in Europe: A Thematic Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 151-176

  Johanson, Ulf ^a   Hansson, BO ^b  

^a MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 34249749882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203696736     Document Type: Chapter

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