Who’s in the driving seat? Managing human resources in a franchise firm

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 57-75

  Truss, Catherine ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951676340     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2004.tb00133.x     Document Type: Article

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