High-performance work systems and organisational performance: Bridging theory and practice

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-270

  Boxall, Peter ^a   Macky, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

High involvement work systems; High performance work systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849087388     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411107082273.     Document Type: Note

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