An exploratory study of governance in the intra-firm human resources supply chain

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 849-868

  Farndale, Elaine ^a   Paauwe, Jaap ^b   Boselie, Paul ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Governance; HR delivery; HR function; Human resource management; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649481740     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20387     Document Type: Article

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