Exploring the effectiveness of outsourcing recruiting and training activities, and the prospector strategy's moderating effect

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-180

  Shih, Hsi An ^a   Chiang, Yun Hwa ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human resource effectiveness; Human resource outsourcing; The prospector strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251635059     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.538980     Document Type: Article

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