Devolving responsibilities for human resources to line management? An empirical study about convergence in Europe

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-146

  Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Müller Camen, Michael ^b   Ledolter, Johannes ^c   Strunk, Guido ^a   Erten, Christiane ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b International University   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Human resource management; International comparative studies; Organisational performance, Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 46949086467     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2004-2-123     Document Type: Article

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