Strategic Human Resource Management as Ethical Stewardship

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Caldwell, Cam ^a   Truong, Do X ^b   Linh, Pham T ^b   Tuan, Anh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

employee commitment; ethical duties in human resources; ethical stewardship; roles of human resource professionals; strategic human resource management; transformative leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650222441     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0541-y     Document Type: Article

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