Internal Commitment or External Collaboration? The Impact of Human Resource Management Systems on Firm Innovation and Performance

Human Resource Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 263-288

  Zhou, Yu ^a   Hong, Ying ^b   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Human resource management; Innovation; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875585937     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21527     Document Type: Article

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