Italy, Greece and Cyprus: HRM in the south-eastern mediterranean corner of the EU

Human Resource Management in Europe: Evidence of Convergence?

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 189-230

  Papalexandris, Nancy ^a   Stavrou Costea, Eleni ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 78649455609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080472966     Document Type: Chapter

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