Practicing what we preach: The practical significance of theories underlying HRM interventions for a MBA school

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-116

  Latham, Gary P ^a   Stuart, H Colleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coaching; Human resource management; Motivation; Satisfaction; Selection; Theory; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249979465     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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