Measuring competing explanations of human resource management practices through the Cranet survey: Cultural versus institutional explanations

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-79

  Brookes, Michael ^a   Croucher, Richard ^a   Fenton O'Creevy, Mark ^b   Gooderham, Paul ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cultural explanations; HRM practices; Institutional explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149500478     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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