Human Resource Management, Employee Exchange Relationships, and Performance in Small Businesses

Human Resource Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-173

  Allen, Mathew R ^a   Ericksen, Jeff ^b   Collins, Christopher J ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial small business; Strategic HR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875578856     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21523     Document Type: Article

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