HRM and innovation: Themes, contingencies and directions for future research

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 570-577

  Florén, Henrik ^a   Rundquist, Jonas ^a   Schuler, Randall S ^b   Bondarouk, Tanya ^c   Ruël, Huub ^d  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HR practices; HRM; Human resource management; Innovation; Innovativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906857049     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2014.064605     Document Type: Article

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