Exploring the relationship between the human resource management practices and growth in small service firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 919-937

  Altinay, Levent ^a   Altinay, Eser ^a   Gannon, Judie ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Ethnic minority business; Recruitment; Rewarding; Training

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; HUMAN RESOURCE; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TRAINING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949096513     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701846804     Document Type: Article

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