Human resource management high-performance work practices and contextual setting: Does industry matter? A comparison of the U.S. restaurant sector to the manufacturing industry

Journal of Foodservice Business Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-303

  Murphy, Kevin S ^a   Williams, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

High performance work practices; Human resources management; Restaurant; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649568545     PISSN: 15378020     EISSN: 15378039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15378020.2010.524542     Document Type: Article

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