Strategic human resource management and knowledge workers: A case study of professional service firms

Management Research News

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 683-696

  Teo, Stephen T T ^a   Lakhani, Bhavini ^b   Brown, David ^b   Malmi, Teemu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Australia; Human resource management; Human resource strategies; Knowledge organization; Professional services

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955160066     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170810898572     Document Type: Article

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