Horizontal and vertical fit in human resource systems

Perspectives on Organizational Fit

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 317-348

  Gerhart, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203810026     Document Type: Chapter

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