Human resource management and organizational performance: Evidence from retail banking

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-203

  Bartel, Ann P ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 4043117844     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390405700202     Document Type: Article

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