The impact of bundles of strategic human resource management practices on the performance of European firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2041-2056

  Gooderham, Paul ^a   Parry, Emma ^b   Ringdal, Kristen ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calculative HRM bundles; Collaborative HRM bundles; Contingency factors; human resource management and firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749095469     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802404296     Document Type: Article

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