Human resource management in Israel

Managing Human Resources in the Middle East

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 180-198

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a   Meshoulam, Ilan ^b   Tzafrir, Shay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84909145953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203485828     Document Type: Chapter

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