Linking HR formality with employee job quality: The role of firm and workplace size

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-329

  Storey, David J ^a   Saridakis, George ^b   Sen Gupta, Sukanya ^c   Edwards, Paul K ^c   Blackburn, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HR formality; Job quality; Self reported job quality; Small firm; SMES; SRJQ; Workplace size

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952141291     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20347     Document Type: Article

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