Creating psychological and legal contracts through human resource practices: A signaling theory perspective

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-166

  Suazo, Mark M ^a   Martínez, Patricia G ^b   Sandoval, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human resource practices; Legal contracts; Psychological contracts; Signaling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849169017     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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