HR practices and affective organisational commitment: (When) does HR differentiation pay off?

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 329-345

  Marescaux, Elise ^a   De Winne, Sophie ^a   Sels, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84886799861     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12013     Document Type: Article

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