Senior managers' perceptions of the practice of human resource management

Employee Relations

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-322

  Maxwell, Gillian ^a   Farquharson, Lois ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Human resource management; Senior managers; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449131449     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450810866550     Document Type: Article

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