Test of a causal human resource management-performance linkage model: Evidence from the Greek manufacturing sector

International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-29

  Katou, Anastasia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business strategies; Greek manufacturing; HRM outputs; HRM policies; Mediating model; Organisational context

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649748433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17530296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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