Strategic human resource management in Germany: Evidence of convergence to the U.S. model, the european model, or a distinctive national model?

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 37-54

  Festing, Marion ^a  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

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EID: 84867966545     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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