In search of balance – managing the dualities of HRM: An overview of the issues

Personnel Review

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 461-471

  Boselie, Paul ^a   Brewster, Chris ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Human resource strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349610056     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480910977992     Document Type: Review

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