An international comparison of the effects of HRM practices and organizational commitment on quality of job performances among European University employees

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-344

  Smeenk, Sanne ^a   Teelken, Christine ^b   Eisinga, Rob ^c   Doorewaard, Hans ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Nijmegen Institute of Social Cultural Science   (Netherlands)

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EID: 49449085694     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.12     Document Type: Article

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