European human resource management: A contextualised stakeholder perspective

Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 528-549

  Mayrhofer, Wolfgang ^a   Sparrow, Paul ^b   Brewster, Chris ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881982178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857938718.00030     Document Type: Chapter

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