Critical social science, pragmatism and the realities of HRM

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 915-931

  Watson, Tony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical management studies; HRM; Pragmatism; Sociological imagination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952008545     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585191003729374     Document Type: Article

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