High performance work systems and organizational effectiveness: The mediating role of social capital

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 126-137

  Jiang, Jane Yan ^a   Liu, Chi Wei ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HPWS; Organizational effectiveness; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914159834     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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