The meaning of 'employee engagement' for the values and roles of the HRM function

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2692-2712

  Arrowsmith, J ^a   Parker, J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

business partner; employee engagement; human resource management; neo pluralism; pluralism; strategic HRM; unitarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878650979     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.763842     Document Type: Article

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