Evolution of the practices of human resource management in France towards a strategic model: Rhetoric or reality?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1207-1227

  Aït Razouk, Abdelwahab ^a   Bayad, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

France context; Human resource management; Reality; Rhetoric; Strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954226896     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.483843     Document Type: Article

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