Role of HR in the new world of sustainability

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-17

  Rimanoczy, Isabel ^a   Pearson, Tony ^a  

^a International Management (LIM) LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Human resource management; Leadership development

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649112627     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197851011013661     Document Type: Article

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