Employee Well-being and the HRM-Organizational Performance Relationship: A Review of Quantitative Studies

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-407

  Van De Voorde, Karina ^a,b   Paauwe, Jaap ^b   Van Veldhoven, Marc ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84868300921     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2011.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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