HRM, Communication, Satisfaction, and Perceived Performance: A Cross-Level Test

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1637-1665

  Den Hartog, Deanne N ^a   Boon, Corine ^a   Verburg, Robert M ^b   Croon, Marcel A ^c  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

communication; perceived HRM; satisfaction; strategic HRM; unit performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881073684     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312440118     Document Type: Article

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