Information technology usage and human resource roles and effectiveness

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 525-540

  Haines III, Victor Y ^a   Lafleur, Geneviève ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Montreal ^*

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Human resource management; Information technology; Strategic roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549093038     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20230     Document Type: Article

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