Human resource flexibility and innovation: Competitiveness in the automotive industry;Flexibilidad de recursos humanos e innovación: Competitividad en la industria de automoción

Universia Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue , 2009, Pages 30-43

  Martínez Sánchez, Angel ^a   Jose Vela Jimenez M ^a   Pérez Pérez, Manuela ^a   de Luis Carnicer, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental dynamism; Human resource flexibility; Innovativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049168810     PISSN: 16985117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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