Business strategy, human resource systems, and organizational performance in the Spanish banking industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2864-2888

  Peña, Isidro ^a   Villasalero, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banking industry; Defenders; Human resource systems; Organizational performance; Prospectors; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649819691     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.528670     Document Type: Article

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