Innovation and HRM: Absences and politics

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 562-581

  Zanko, Michael ^a   Badham, Richard ^b   Couchman, Paul ^c   Schubert, Maren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concurrent engineering; HRM; Innovation; Politics; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149108373     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801953616     Document Type: Article

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