Making working in retailing interesting: A study of human resource management practices in Danish grocery retail chains

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Esbjerg, Lars ^a   Buck, Nuka ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Employee types; Grocery retailing; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; RETAILING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 76049114696     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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