The big business of strategic human resource management in small business

HRD in Small Organisations: Research and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 74-102

  Beaver, Graham ^a,b   Hutchings, Kate ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84909233094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203643273     Document Type: Chapter

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