Towards a new employment relationship model: Aligning the changing needs of individual and organization

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-223

  Bond Baker, Timothy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee relations; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449102607     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730910949508     Document Type: Article

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