Managing the human resource in Indian SMEs: The role of indigenous realities

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 417-434

  Saini, Debi S ^a   Budhwar, Pawan S ^b  

^a MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRM; India; Indigenous practices; Industrial relations; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749083505     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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