Balancing HRM: The psychological contract of employees: A multi-level study

Personnel Review

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-683

  Sonnenberg, Mariëlle ^a   Koene, Bas ^b   Paauwe, Jaap ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Multi level analysis; Psychological contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053076037     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483481111169625     Document Type: Article

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