Corporate governance and strategic human resources management in the UK financial services sector: The case of the RBS

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3295-3314

  Martin, Graeme ^a   Gollan, Paul J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate governance; financial services; strategic human resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863933233     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.689159     Document Type: Article

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