Strategic Human Capital: Crossing the Great Divide

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 353-370

  Wright, Patrick M ^a   Coff, Russell ^b   Moliterno, Thomas P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

human capital; resource based view of the firm; strategic HRM; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893498199     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313518437     Document Type: Article

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