Relationships between strategic human resource management and organizational performance: Evidence from selected Malaysian firms

European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences

Volumn , Issue 10, 2008, Pages 86-97

  Rose, Raduan Che ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a   Ibrahim, Hazril Izwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Malaysia; Organizational performance; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649095864     PISSN: 14502275     EISSN: 14502275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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