HRM and performance: Achievements, methodological issues and prospects

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-142

  Paauwe, Jaap ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 57649123344     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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