HRM in Chile: The impact of organisational culture

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-294

  Rodriguez, Jenny K ^a   Gomez, Carlos F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Business administration; Chile; Human resource management; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549120075     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910946479     Document Type: Article

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