Characterising human resources management practices in Portugal: An empirical analysis

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1864-1880

  Moreira, Pedro Miguel dos Santos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human resources practices; Portugal; Strategic human resource; Work organisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349171765     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802324031     Document Type: Article

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