Strategic HRM in building micro-foundations of organizational knowledge-based performance

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 378-390

  Minbaeva, Dana B ^a  

^a Globalization Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Microfoundations; Strategic HRM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886787401     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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