Having your cake and eating it too? the relationship between HR and organizational performance in healthcare

Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-67

  Givan, Rebecca K ^a   Avgar, Ariel ^b   Liu, Mingwei ^c  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 81255159827     PISSN: 07426186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-6186(2010)0000017005     Document Type: Article

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