Support for an hr approach in australia: The perspective of senior hr managers

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Fisher, Cathy ^a   Dowling, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

HR policy; Local foreign ownership; Public private sector; strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958008511     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103841119903700102     Document Type: Article

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