Adopting HRM practices and their effectiveness in small firms facing product-market competition

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-290

  Patel, Pankaj C ^a   Cardon, Melissa S ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Group culture; HRM intensity; HRM practices; Labor productivity; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952248457     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20346     Document Type: Article

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