High performance work systems, organisational culture and firm effectiveness

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-78

  Den Hartog, Deanne N ^a   Verburg, Robert M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4644232125     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2004.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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