Social capital of the HR department, HR's change agent role, and HR effectiveness: Evidence from South Korean firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1638-1653

  Kim, Sunghoon ^a   Ryu, Seongmin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HR effectiveness; HR strength theory; HR's change agent role; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957864119     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.565649     Document Type: Article

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