Variability within organizations: Implications for strategic human resources management

The People Make the Place: Dynamic Linkages Between Individuals and Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 225-248

  Nishii, Lisa H ^a   Wright, Patrick M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203809549     Document Type: Chapter

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