The consensus between Italian HR and sustainability managers on HR management for sustainability-driven change - towards a 'strong' HR management system

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1787-1814

  Guerci, Marco ^a   Pedrini, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

human resource management; sustainability; sustainability driven change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896495157     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.860388     Document Type: Article

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