The human capital and human resource management relationships in non-profit organisations: misunderstanding and implication

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 471-483

  Kong, Eric ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

human capital; human resource management; non profit organisations (NPOs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951519915     PISSN: 17438268     EISSN: 17438276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkms.2007.012536     Document Type: Article

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