Human resource management in the project-oriented organization: Employee well-being and ethical treatment

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 577-585

  Turner, Rodney ^a,b   Huemann, Martina ^c   Keegan, Anne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Lille School of Management Research Group   (France)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PRESSURE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; ELSEVIER (CO); HRM PRACTICES; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM); HUMAN RESOURCES; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MANAGEMENT SUPPORT; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK PROCESSES; WORK-LOADS;

PERSONNEL;

ETHICS; HUMAN RESOURCE; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 47249083759     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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