Does HRM facilitate employee creativity and organizational innovation? A study of Chinese firms

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4025-4047

  Jiang, Jianwu ^a   Wang, Shuo ^b   Zhao, Shuming ^c  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

administrative innovation; employee creativity; human resource management; technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864680995     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.690567     Document Type: Article

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