First-line managers' HR involvement and HR effectiveness: The case of South Korea

Human Resource Management

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 947-966

  Ryu, Seongmin ^a   Kim, Sunghoon ^b  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

First line manager; High performance work system; HR devolution; HR effectiveness; Institutionally emerging HR system; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888056809     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21576     Document Type: Article

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