Does HRM fit really matter to citizenship and task performance?: Sri Lankan manufacturing sector experience

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-639

  Chandrakumara, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Developing countries; Human resource management; Performance management; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 35549011466     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710826113     Document Type: Article

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