Involving British line managers in HRM in a small non-profit work organisation

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 398-411

  Hunter, William ^a   Renwick, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Line managers; Non profit organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749099342     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910965441     Document Type: Article

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