How Japanese manufacturing firms align their human resource policies with business strategies: Testing a contingency performance prediction in a Japanese context

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-56

  Takeuchi, Norihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Contingency fit; HRM performance link; Japan; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249106622     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802528227     Document Type: Article

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