Human resources, human resource management, and the competitive advantage of firms: Toward a more comprehensive model of causal linkages

Organization Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 253-272

  Chadwick, Clint ^a   Dabu, Adina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Entrepreneurship; Rent theories; Resource based view; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350397945     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0375     Document Type: Article

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