Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms

International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-164

  Michie, Jonathan ^a   Sheehan, Maura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS   (United States)

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