The perceived importance of HR duties to danish line managers

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-210

  Brandl, Julia ^a   Madsen, Mona Toft ^b   Madsen, Henning ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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EID: 63849156375     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2009.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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