The gap between research and practice: A replication study on the HR professionals' beliefs about effective human resource practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1976-1988

  Sanders, Karin ^a   van Riemsdijk, Maarten ^b   Groen, Bianca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b SAXION UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch HR professionals; HR practices; Practice research gap; Replication research

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349156640     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802324304     Document Type: Article

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