Human resource management practices and organizational social capital: The role of industrial characteristics

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 678-687

  Chuang, Chih Hsun ^a   Chen, Shyh jer ^b   Chuang, Ching Wen ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human resource management practices; Industrial regulation; Knowledge intensity; Organizational social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875100525     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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