An architectural approach to managing knowledge stocks and flows: Implications for reinventing the HR function

Reinventing HRM: Challenges and New Directions

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 57-80

  Morris, Shad ^a   Snell, Scott A ^a   Lepak, David ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905877766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203006115     Document Type: Chapter

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