Trust as moderator in the relationship between HRM practices and employee attitudes

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-317

  Innocenti, Laura ^a   Pilati, Massimo ^b   Peluso, Alessandro M ^a  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 79960433438     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2010.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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