Ethical Analyses of HRM: A Review and Research Agenda

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 355-366

  Greenwood, Michelle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical HRM; Ethical HRM; HRM theory; Normative; Socio political; Theoretical perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878193589     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1354-y     Document Type: Article

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