Influences on the architecture of human resource management in nonprofit organizations: An analytical framework

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 124-141

  Ridder, Hans Gerd ^a   McCandless, Alina ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Motivation; Nonprofit organizations; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949402724     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008328182     Document Type: Article

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