A Model of Strategic Nonprofit Human Resource Management

Voluntas

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 214-240

  Akingbola, Kunle ^a  

^a Lakehead University   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nonprofit HRM; Strategic HRM; Strategy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; MODEL TEST; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84872856883     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-012-9286-9     Document Type: Article

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