Boundary Conditions of the High-Investment Human Resource Systems-Small-Firm Labor Productivity Relationship

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 311-343

  Chadwick, Clint ^a   Way, Sean A ^b   Kerr, Gerry ^c   Thacker, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 84878138118     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12015     Document Type: Article

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