Flexibility-Oriented HRM Systems, Absorptive Capacity, and Market Responsiveness and Firm Innovativeness

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1924-1951

  Chang, Song ^a   Gong, Yaping ^b   Way, Sean A ^c   Jia, Liangding ^d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

absorptive capacity; firm innovativeness; flexibility oriented HRM systems; market responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885169849     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312466145     Document Type: Article

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