Top management team's vision and human resources management practices in innovative Spanish companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-638

  Camelo Ordaz, Carmen ^a   Fernández Alles, María de la Luz ^a   Valle Cabrera, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Compensation; Group; Innovation; Top management team's vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149106947     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801953665     Document Type: Article

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