Human resource management practices and organizational innovation: An empirical study in Malaysia

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 105-116

  Ling, Tan Cheng ^a   Nasurdin, Aizzat Mohd ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

HRM practices; Malaysia; Manufacturing industry; Organizational innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954632601     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v26i4.311     Document Type: Article

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