A theory of the firm's demand for HRM practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 615-636

  Kaufman, Bruce E ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics of personnel; Human resource management theory; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951198959     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585191003658797     Document Type: Article

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