High performance work systems in emergent organizations: Implications for firm performance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-264

  Messersmith, Jake G ^a   Guthrie, James P ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging organizations; High performance work systems; Resource based view of the firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952210205     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20342     Document Type: Article

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