Human nature, organizational politics, and human resource development

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-47

  Vredenburgh, Donald ^a   Shea VanFossen, Rita ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Human nature; Human resource development; Organizational politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952342807     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484309343094     Document Type: Article

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