Friends or rivals: Comparative perceptions of human resource and line managers on perceived future firm performance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1703-1722

  Chen, Yu Ping ^a   Hsu, Yu Shan ^a   Yip, Felix Wai Kwong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Hong Kong Medical Association   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Horizontal collaboration; HR effectiveness; HR involvement; Line managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957822276     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.565661     Document Type: Article

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