A toolkit to support human resource practice

Personnel Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-307

  Malik, Fatima ^a   McKie, Linda ^b   Beattie, Rona ^c   Hogg, Gillian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business policy; Family life; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952189085     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481011030502     Document Type: Article

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