The relationship between human resource management practices, business strategy and firm performance: Evidence from steel industry in Taiwan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1351-1372

  Lee, Feng Hui ^a   Lee, Tzai Zang ^b   Wu, Wann Yih ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Firm performance; HRM practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954411233     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.488428     Document Type: Article

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