The human resource department's role and conditions that affect its development: Explanations from Austrian CEOs

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1025-1046

  Brandl, Julia ^a   Pohler, Dionne ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Austria; Decision making; Grounded theory; HR Department; Responsibility; Strategic role; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649610051     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20392     Document Type: Article

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