Perceptions of Human Capital Measures: From Corporate Executives and Investors

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 673-688

  Lim, Lynn L K ^a   Chan, Christopher C A ^b   Dallimore, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Executives' perspective; Human capital; Investors' perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149499088     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9150-0     Document Type: Article

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