Enhancing performance through best HRM practices, organizational learning and knowledge management: A conceptual framework

European Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-207

  Theriou, Georgios N ^a   Chatzoglou, Prodromos D ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Organizational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449090977     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340810871400     Document Type: Article

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